Dear UCSC team,

[This is with respect to rat, rn4 assembly.]

I could get a table with RefSeq ID, GeneSymbol and description of the
GeneSymbol using the instructions below. Thank you very much.

I have a follow-up question regarding descriptions. I noticed that there
are at least two types of descriptions in the UCSC database.

One is the description which I get using the method described below (from
gbCdnaInfo table).

The other is at least linked to RGD.

For example the GeneSybol Calb1 via RefSeq has "Description: Rattus
norvegicus calbindin 1 (Calb1), mRNA." acording to gbCdnaInfo. Let's call
this description1.

When checking Calb1 via RGD the description is "Description: binds calcium;
activity is vitamin D dependent". Let's call this description2.

I would like to have both descriptions. Is this possible, and could you
explain how to get this?

Basically I want to make an additional column. Now I have RefSeq ID,
GeneSymbol and description1. I want to add another column with description2.

Thank you.
Anton

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Brooke Rhead <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Anton,
>
> RGD replaced UCSC Genes, not RefSeq Genes, so you are right that you do
> not need the RGD tables at all.  The RefSeq ID and symbol are contained in
> the refGene table.  The description is in a table called "description,"
> which can be connected to refGene via the gbCdnaInfo table.  To do this in
> the Table Browser, select the rn4 RefSeq Genes track, then:
>
> table: refGene
> region: genome (or whatever you want to limit the output to)
>
> output format: selected fields from primary and related tables
>
> Hit "get output" and scroll down to the Linked Tables section.  Select the
> gbCdnaInfo table and hit "allow selection from checked tables." Once you
> have done that, you should be able to scroll down again and select the
> "description" table.
>
> Now select the name and name2 fields from refGene, and the name field from
> description and hit "get output".  You should get the output you are
> looking for.
>
> --
> Brooke Rhead
> UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
>
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