Hello, Michael. Yes, we receive daily updates from Genbank. If you have a specific gene in mind, the easiest way to find when a gene was last updated would be to check NCBI directly. For example, if you search for SOD1 in the Browser and then click on the SOD1 gene, clicking the subsequent RefSeq link (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_000454?report=GenBank) shows that this record was last updated on 03-June-2012.
For checking a large number of genes, you can use our Table Browser to see the last modified date. If you are unfamiliar with our Table Browser, please see the User's Guide at http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hgTablesHelp.html. While using the Table Browser will give you a general idea of the date when a record was last updated, our Table Browser does not always match Genbank precisely. For instance, while Genbank reports that SOD1 was last updated on 03-June-2012, the Table Browser reports the date as 22-March-2012. The only way to be certain of 100% accuracy would be to check Genbank directly. To use the Table Browser to check update times, perform the following steps: 1. From http://genome.ucsc.edu, select "Tables" from the blue navigation bar at the top of the screen. 2. Select the following options: Clade: Mammal Genome: Human Assembly: Feb. 2009 (GRCh37/hg19) Group: Genes and Gene Prediction Tracks Track: RefSeq Genes Table: refGene Region: Select "genome" for the entire genome or select "position" to only specify a certain position. You can also specify multiple positions by clicking the "define regions" button. You can also specify only certain genes by clicking the "paste list" or "upload list" buttons on the "identifiers" line. Output format: selected fields from primary and related tables 3. Click the "get output" button 4. In the "Linked Tables" section, check the hg19.gbStatus checkbox 5. Scroll down and click the "allow selection from checked tables" button 6. In the "Select Fields from hg19.refGene" section, check the checkboxes of the fields you want in your output 7. In the "hg19.gbStatus fields" section, check the "modDate" checkbox 8. Click the "get output" button Please contact us again at [email protected] if you have any further questions. --- Steve Heitner UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Davis, Michael C. [RO CL] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Genome] RefSeq Gene track question Good morning, I have a question regarding the RefSeq Genes track. In the description of this track it states that the data underlying the track are updated daily. I'm assuming this means that genes can be added to this track on any given day. Is there a way to find out when a gene was added? Thank you for your time. Michael C. Davis, CG(ASCP) Laboratory Technologist Division of Laboratory Genetics Cytogenetics Lab Phone: (507) 284-8338 E-mail: [email protected] _____________________ Mayo Clinic 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 www.mayoclinic.org <file://www.mayoclinic.org/> _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
