type: gene_models

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

meta:
  summary: |
    UCSC RefGene v20200110
  description: |
    
    The UCSC RefGene track provides gene annotations for the human genome derived from NCBI RefSeq transcript 
    sequences, aligned to the genome using UCSC's BLAT alignment tool. Unlike the NCBI RefSeq track, which uses NCBI's own 
    mapping pipeline, the refGene track represents UCSC's independent alignment of RefSeq transcripts, offering a complementary 
    view of the same underlying sequence data. 
    
    [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: 05/21/2026
    
    [https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/bigZips/genes/hg38.refGene.gtf.gz](https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/bigZips/genes/hg38.refGene.gtf.gz)
  
  labels:
    reference_genome: hg38/genomes/GRCh38-hg38
