[Annotation] RefSeq / NCBI identifiers

Doug howe dhowe at cs.uoregon.edu
Tue Jun 17 10:59:00 PDT 2008


Am I to take this to mean that NCBI_NP, NCBI_NM and RefSeq_Prot will no 
longer be supported as valid DbxRefs, and we should instead use solely  
RefSeq?

-Doug

Amelia Ireland wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have some more database references to be tidied up to standardize 
> the way in which we refer to RefSeq accessions.
>
> The RefSeq syntax we recommend is
>
> RefSeq:XX_nnnnnnnnn
>
> e.g. 
> RefSeq:NP_004597
> RefSeq:NM_000720
>
> This replaces several redundant methods currently used, such as
>
> NCBI_NP:066919
> NCBI_NM:NM_598961
> RefSeq_Prot:NP_808489
>
> and will enable us to provide stable links to the corresponding RefSeq
> entities.
>
> I've attached a tab-delimited text file with the entries in question in
> it; all the refs appear in the 'with' column, and I have put in the
> suggested replacement value and the URL for the RefSeq entry that would
> generated by AmiGO. You may want to check these refer to the correct entry
> as a couple looked a bit dodgy.
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Amelia.
>
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Doug Howe, Ph.D.
ZFIN Scientific Curator
Zebrafish Nomenclature Coordinator



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