RefSeq
E569113
RefSeq is a curated, non-redundant collection of reference DNA, RNA, and protein sequences maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information for use in genome annotation and biological research.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RefSeq canonical | 7 |
| NCBI RefSeq genome | 1 |
| NCBI RefSeq proteins | 1 |
| Reference Sequence Database | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098240 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RefSeq Context triple: [National Center for Biotechnology Information, hasDatabase, RefSeq]
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A.
RSEQ
RSEQ is the governing body that organizes and oversees student sports and athletic competitions across Quebec’s educational institutions.
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B.
UniProt protein sequences
UniProt protein sequences are a comprehensive, curated collection of protein sequence data that serves as a primary reference resource for protein information in biological and biomedical research.
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C.
NCBI E-utilities API
The NCBI E-utilities API is a set of programmatic web services that allow automated querying, retrieval, and integration of data from NCBI databases such as PubMed.
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D.
ENSB
ENSB is the ICAO airport code for Svalbard Airport, Longyear, the main air gateway to the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
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E.
Edico Genome
Edico Genome was a biotechnology company specializing in high-speed genomic data analysis through its DRAGEN bio-IT platform and FPGA-based acceleration technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RefSeq Target entity description: RefSeq is a curated, non-redundant collection of reference DNA, RNA, and protein sequences maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information for use in genome annotation and biological research.
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A.
RSEQ
RSEQ is the governing body that organizes and oversees student sports and athletic competitions across Quebec’s educational institutions.
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B.
UniProt protein sequences
UniProt protein sequences are a comprehensive, curated collection of protein sequence data that serves as a primary reference resource for protein information in biological and biomedical research.
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C.
NCBI E-utilities API
The NCBI E-utilities API is a set of programmatic web services that allow automated querying, retrieval, and integration of data from NCBI databases such as PubMed.
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D.
ENSB
ENSB is the ICAO airport code for Svalbard Airport, Longyear, the main air gateway to the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
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E.
Edico Genome
Edico Genome was a biotechnology company specializing in high-speed genomic data analysis through its DRAGEN bio-IT platform and FPGA-based acceleration technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological database
ⓘ
sequence database ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
NCBI E-utilities API
ⓘ
NCBI Entrez ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
NCBI web portal ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI databases
|
| countryOfOperator |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| databaseType |
curated database
ⓘ
non-redundant sequence collection ⓘ reference sequence database ⓘ |
| developedBy | National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
DNA sequences
ⓘ
RNA sequences ⓘ protein sequences ⓘ |
| fullName |
Reference Sequence Database
ⓘ
linked to:
RefSeq
|
| hasAbbreviation | RefSeq ⓘ |
| hasDataType |
genomic DNA sequence
ⓘ
non-coding RNA sequence ⓘ protein sequence ⓘ transcript (mRNA) sequence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cross-references to GenBank
ⓘ
cross-references to Gene database ⓘ cross-references to UniProt ⓘ curated reference sequences for major organisms ⓘ genome annotation tracks ⓘ links to other NCBI resources ⓘ stable accession identifiers ⓘ versioned accessions ⓘ |
| hasIdentifierPrefix |
NC_ (chromosome RefSeq accessions)
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NG_ (genomic region RefSeq accessions) ⓘ NM_ (mRNA RefSeq accessions) ⓘ NP_ (protein RefSeq accessions) ⓘ NR_ (non-coding RNA RefSeq accessions) ⓘ NT_ (genomic contig RefSeq accessions) ⓘ NW_ (whole genome shotgun contig RefSeq accessions) ⓘ XM_ (model mRNA RefSeq accessions) ⓘ XP_ (model protein RefSeq accessions) ⓘ XR_ (model non-coding RNA RefSeq accessions) ⓘ |
| hasOrganismCoverage |
archaea
ⓘ
bacteria ⓘ eukaryotes ⓘ medically important organisms ⓘ model organisms ⓘ viruses ⓘ |
| hasPolicy |
curation by NCBI staff and collaborators
ⓘ
non-redundant representation of sequences ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isComplementedBy | GenBank ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn | scientific literature on genome annotation ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
NCBI
ⓘ
National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCBI Entrez system
ⓘ
linked to:
Entrez system
|
| usedFor |
biological research
ⓘ
comparative genomics ⓘ functional annotation ⓘ genome annotation ⓘ reference standard for sequence data ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RefSeq Description of subject: RefSeq is a curated, non-redundant collection of reference DNA, RNA, and protein sequences maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information for use in genome annotation and biological research.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.