Schema for refGene
  Database: rn6    Primary Table: refGene    Row Count: 19,160   Data last updated: 2020-08-20
Format description: A gene prediction with some additional info.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
bin 588smallint(5) unsigned range Indexing field to speed chromosome range queries.
name NM_001099460varchar(255) values Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)
chrom chr1varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand +char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 396699int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 409676int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 396699int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 409676int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 6int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 396699,399544,400255,401911...longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 396905,399827,401059,402136...longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range score
name2 Vom2r3varchar(255) values Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)
cdsStartStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
cdsEndStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
exonFrames 0,2,0,0,0,1,longblob   Reading frame of the start of the CDS region of the exon, in the direction of transcription (0,1,2), or -1 if there is no CDS region.

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        hgFixed.gbCdnaInfo.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbMiscDiff.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbSeq.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.gbWarn.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.imageClone.acc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.refLink.mrnaAcc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.refSeqStatus.mrnaAcc (via refGene.name)
      hgFixed.refSeqSummary.mrnaAcc (via refGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgXref.refseq (via refGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToRefSeq.value (via refGene.name)
      rn6.all_est.qName (via refGene.name)
      rn6.all_mrna.qName (via refGene.name)
      rn6.mrnaOrientInfo.name (via refGene.name)
      rn6.refFlat.name (via refGene.name)
      rn6.refSeqAli.qName (via refGene.name)
      rn6.xenoMrna.qName (via refGene.name)
      rn6.xenoRefGene.name (via refGene.name)
      rn6.xenoRefSeqAli.qName (via refGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
588NM_001099460chr1+3966994096763966994096766396699,399544,400255,401911,407503,408792,396905,399827,401059,402136,407627,409676,0Vom2r3cmplcmpl0,2,0,0,0,1,
1029NM_001108148chr8-58275983582929955827598358292995258275983,58292768,58276410,58292995,0Rab39acmplcmpl2,0,
1006NM_001108145chr8+55196757552011995519680655201150455196757,55197233,55199158,55200009,55197020,55197375,55199317,55201199,0Fdxacb1cmplcmpl0,1,2,2,
837NM_001108375chr15+33069552330727773306957533072173533069552,33069672,33069809,33071161,33072026,33069603,33069733,33069877,33071226,33072777,0Mrpl52cmplcmpl0,1,2,1,0,
593NM_001161691chr1-110196411169261101964111692681101964,1102695,1103428,1103490,1104126,1104637,1104700,1116610,1102031,1102837,1103490,1103579,1104375,1104692,1104898,1116926,0Rrltcmplcmpl2,1,2,1,1,0,1,0,
1614NM_001106678chr5-1348853761349054921348866911349053906134885376,134888568,134892738,134895219,134899941,134905297,134886968,134888693,134892899,134895374,134900276,134905492,0Nsun4cmplcmpl2,0,1,2,0,0,
661NM_001106874chr9+10004843100125391000491110012311710004843,10006313,10007509,10007770,10010703,10011471,10012123,10004929,10006469,10007662,10007878,10010871,10011619,10012539,0Slc25a41cmplcmpl0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
99NM_001107113chr11+27365194273985272738216727397662527365194,27382107,27385542,27389021,27397227,27365281,27382401,27386886,27389228,27398527,0Bach1cmplcmpl-1,0,0,0,0,
1600NM_001106872chr8-1331272191331282901331272191331282901133127219,133128290,0Ccr1l1cmplcmpl0,
1599NM_001106871chr8-1329114751329191101329146201329190342132911475,132919018,132915621,132919110,0Xcr1cmplcmpl1,0,

Note: all start coordinates in our database are 0-based, not 1-based. See explanation here.