type: gene_models

filename: hg38.ncbiRefSeq.txt.gz
format: default

meta:
  summary: |
    NCBI RefSeq v20221028
  description: |
    
    The NCBI RefSeq gene model set provides transcript and gene annotations from the NCBI Reference Sequence database, 
    made available through the UCSC Genome Browser as the ncbiRefSeq track. RefSeq annotations are curated to provide 
    well-supported reference transcripts and genes, including protein-coding and noncoding models, and are widely used 
    for variant interpretation, genome annotation, and biomedical analysis.
        
    [Goldfarb et al, NCBI RefSeq: reference sequence standards through 25 years of curation and annotation, Nucleic Acids Research 2024](https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/53/D1/D243/7889254)

    [Nassar et al, The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2025 update, Nucleic Acids Research 2025](https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/53/D1/D1243/7845169)


    Downloaded on: 05/20/2026
    
    [https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/bigZips/genes/hg38.ncbiRefSeq.gtf.gz](https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/bigZips/genes/hg38.ncbiRefSeq.gtf.gz)
  
  labels:
    reference_genome: hg38/genomes/GRCh38-hg38
