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The RefSeq project is ambitious in scope and we actively welcome opportunities to work with other groups to provide this collection. We value our collaborators contributed information ranging from completely annotated genomes, advice to improve the sequence or annotation of individual RefSeq records, information about official nomenclature, and information about function.

In addition to the significant information collected by collaboration, numerous NCBI staff are involved in infrastructure support, programmatic support, and curation. RefSeq is supported by 3 primary work groups that are associated with LocusLink, Entrez Genomes, and the Genome Annotation Pipeline. NCBI staff involved in production of the RefSeq collection are listed here.

 
Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode) - the RefSeq collection is curated by NCBI staff; the curation work is significantly supported by several data providers including:
 WormBase
 Caenorhabditis Genetics Center
 Worm Transcriptome, NextDB
 Worm Orfeome and Interactome
 Gene Knockout Consortium
Cytochrome P450 - Dr. Nelson curates gene content and representative sequences for this gene family.
FlyBase - FlyBase provides the Drosophila melanogaster RefSeq collection.
Human Gene Mutation Database - contributed to the initial set of human RefSeq records.
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee - provide official nomenclature for human genes and curate gene content and representative sequences.
InCyte, Inc. (formerly Proteome, Inc.) - InCyte curators contribute suggestions to improve nomenclature and RefSeq sequence data.
Microbial Genomes - Microbial genomes are submitted to GenBank by several groups and while NCBI does not have an active collaboration with these data providers we would like to acknowledge that their efforts add significant value to the RefSeq collection.
MitoDat - Mendelian Inheritance and the Mitochondrion
Mouse Genome Informatics - provide official nomenclature for mouse genes and curate gene content and representative sequences.
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man - curate human gene content and suggest representative sequences
Prokaryotic Genome Annotation is supported by collaborations on the methods:
 GeneMark Dr. Mark Borodovsky, Georgia Institute of Technology
 Glimmer Dr. Steven Salzberg, The Institute for Genomic Research
RATMAP - data providers of Rat map data
Rat Genome Database- provide official nomenclature for rat genes and curate gene content and representative sequences.
Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) - SGD provides the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RefSeq collection.
The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR) TIGR provides the Arabidopsis thaliana RefSeq collection.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) - NCI groups curated gene content, descriptive information, and sequence representations.
Viral Genome Advisors - the viral RefSeq collection is curated via an international collaboration and panel of viral advisors
Zebrafish Information Network - provide official nomenclature for zebrafish genes and curate gene content and representative sequences.

In addition, numerous individuals have made valuable contributions by helping to curate data for specific genes or gene families. While it is impossible to list them all here, their assistance is very much appreciated.


Last updated September 24, 2004
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