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Current status of the LocusLink / Entrez Gene Transition Last updated September 10, 2004.

  1. Record Content
  2. FTP files

The purpose of this page is to provide a single site to check the current status of replacing LocusLink with Entrez Gene. See also the Gene FAQ.

A new category has been added to our feedback/corrections form to allow you to register your suggestions about LocusLink/Entrez Gene, namely:

item 2. What type of information are you submitting? ---> Comment on LocusLink/Entrez Gene


We appreciate your suggestions and comments.

Record Content back to top
ElementLocusLinkEntrez Gene
GeneRIF
Gene References into Function		 GeneRIF ontent removed from LocusLink display but made available one click away via the Gene button. The GRIF content is retained (partially) in the LL_tmpl file and that content is indexed for LocusLink retrieval. NOTE: This change was made because the interface to correct any errors in GeneRIFs has been removed from LocusLink's infrastructure. GeneRIFs can now be added to any record in Gene. More NEWENTRY records have been added to support submission of GeneRIFs for taxa in Gene's scope, but for which the Gene record does not exist.
CDD
Conserved Domain Database		 CDD content removed from LocusLink display on September 9, 2004, but made available one click away via the Gene button. The CDD content is no longer reported in the LL_tmpl file which means that queries against LocusLink that depended on domain data will no longer return results. More.. Conserved Domain Data are available in Entrez Gene in several contexts:
  • As attributes of RefSeq proteins in the NCBI Reference Sequences section of the Gene record.
  • From the Links menu (Conserved Domains)
  • From the Protein Links menu attached to the RefSeq protein accession in the Transcripts and Products section of the Gene report.
FTP Files Connect to the LocusLink or Gene directory. back to top
LocusLink file nameEntrez Gene file nameComments
loc2ref gene2refseq The file in Entrez Gene does not include information about secondary accessions. This function is now provided from the RefSeq ftp site, as documented in the current release notes: ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/release/release-notes/RefSeq-release#.txt, where # is the value of the current release number.
LL_tmpl GeneRIF/generifs_basic.gz This file extracts the equivalent of the GRIF tag in the LL_tmpl file and reports text of the GeneRIF and the associated PubMed ids.