Hi Laura,

It looks like the Table Browser is timing out on this large query. 
There are a couple of ways you could work around this:

You could try limiting the output by pasting a list of the RefSeq 
identifiers that you are interested in.  When I followed the 
instructions in the link you sent but pasted in a single identifier, I 
was able to get results.

Another way to get the information you want would be to download the two 
tables you are working with from our downloads server:

http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/
(this page takes a while to load)

Specifically, you would need:
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/refGene.txt.gz
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/gbStatus.txt.gz

Then you could join the two tables yourself.

If you don't have a good way to accomplish a join of the tables, you 
could use Galaxy: https://main.g2.bx.psu.edu/.  You would need to first 
fetch each of the tables separately using the "UCSC Main table browser" 
link (under "Get Data"), and then join them on the 
refGene.name/gbStatus.acc fields using the "Join two Datasets" link 
(under "Join, Subtract and Group").

If you have any questions about using Galaxy, please contact their 
helpdesk at [email protected].

--
Brooke Rhead
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


On 6/1/12 1:53 PM, Laura Smith wrote:
> Hello Steve,
>
> Thank you very much for your reply. Based on your suggestion, I
decided to download the newest REFSEQ and ENSEMBLE transcripts from UCSC
Browser with all of the gbstatus subfields.
>
> I have tried to download these files with the gbstatus fields,
> however
I keep getting error from UCSC genome browser website. I am following
the directions listed here:
>
> https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/pipermail/genome/2011-September/027099.html
>
>
>
>
Is there something I am doing wrong perhaps? Please see the attached 2
files for the screenshots of the error messages from UCSC browser.
>
>
> If not, since I am not able to download these files, would it be
possible for you to please send me or provide me a link to the latest
Refseq and Ensemble transcripts please with all of the gbstatus subfields?
> or if you could please let me know how I can download them with the
gbstatus fields, I would very much appreciate it.

> Thank you,
> Laura
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Steve Heitner<[email protected]>
> To: 'Laura Smith'<[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [Genome] Downloading old refseq and ensemble transcripts with 
> the "version numbers" in the accession IDs.
>
> Hello, Laura.
>
> As you mentioned, the refGene table does not actually list the Genbank
> version number.  The hg19.gbStatus.version field does list the version
> number, but the problem is that this is the current version number and not
> necessarily the version that was current as of June 23, 2011.  There is also
> a field called hg19.gbStatus.modDate that lists the last modified date, but
> there are two problems with this.  First, our modDate does not necessarily
> coincide precisely with the official Genbank version date (e.g., our modDate
> for NM_021219.2 is March 21, 2012 while Genbank lists it as April 21, 2012).
> Also, if the particular transcript you are looking at is a version 3 (e.g.,
> NR_001458.3), the gbStatus table does not keep a history of previous
> versions and modDates, so there is no way to know whether it was NR_001458.1
> or NR_001458.2 on June 23, 2011.
>
> We do not keep histories of the refGene table, so there is no June 23, 2011
> version of refGene that we can direct you to.  There is no easy way to get a
> snapshot of the data as it existed on June 23, 2011.  It is possible to look
> directly at Genbank to find the dates corresponding with the various
> transcript versions (e.g., http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_021219.1
> shows that NM_021219.1 was released on April 24, 2002 and
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_021219.2  shows that NM_021219.2 was
> released on April 21, 2012), but if you have a large number of IDs, this
> would be very tedious without some kind of custom script.
>
> 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 Laura Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:56 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Genome] Downloading old refseq and ensemble transcripts with the
> "version numbers" in the accession IDs.
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been using the refseq transcripts and ensemble transcripts downloaded
> from UCSC genome browser table on June 23 2011. The transcript IDs in these
> datasets that were downloaded from UCSC do not have the version numbers
> (such as NM_134564.2)  where ".2" is the version number after the period.
>
> However, recently, it turns out that I need to have the version numbers of
> each transcript.  So, I tried to look for them and download them using the
> info provided here, however there is no way for me to choose the refseq
> transcripts for the date June 23 2011:
>
> https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/pipermail/genome/2011-September/027099.html
>
>
> Would it be possible for you to please send me the refseq and ensemble
> transcripts for June 23 2011 from your archives please which includes the
> version numbers for each transcript in them?
>
>
> Or if there is a way that I could access this data myself, if you could
> please let me know I would very much appreciate it.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Laura
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