Hi,

May I suggest a minor clarification for knownGene track title/description in 
the Table Browser? Currently, following title is shown (hg19 example):

"UCSC Genes Based on RefSeq, UniProt, GenBank, CCDS and Comparative Genomics"
Database: hg19    Primary Table: knownGene    Row Count: 77,614
Format description: Genes based on RefSeq, GenBank, and UniProt.

Note, RefSeq, UniProt, and GenBank databases mentioned are all being 
constantly maintained and updated on a regular basis (daily to monthly) while 
knownGene track is not, AFAIK. While knownGene may have incorporated RefSeq 
and UniProt annotations information at the time of initial release (e.g., Feb. 
2009 in case of hg19), the versions of these database used has long been 
outdated since. I believe this should be reflected in the description of the 
table.

I am aware of periodical updates to linked tables (e.g. ccdsKgMap and kgXref) 
but this is different from UCSC gene annotations themselves, which are NOT 
updated alongside with RefSeq and UniProt.

Best,
Ivan


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