What are the distinguishing features of a RefSeq record?
RefSeq records are distinguished from other GenBank records by: • a distinct accession number (two characters followed by an underscore) • a COMMENT that includes the term REFSEQ and identifies the record status, GenBank source accessions, and collaborating group • consistent use of available official nomenclature (when available) • inclusion of dbxrefs on the gene feature to link to other sources of information such as OMIM, Entrez Gene, and model-organism databases • protein records indicate REFSEQ as the DBSOURCE Please see the description of RefSeq accession prefixes.
