Batch download for all RefSeq TSS

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Josh Lewis Stern

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Mar 4, 2015, 12:33:26 PM3/4/15

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Dear UCSC GB support,

I am seeking to batch download into a CSV file the coordinates for only the transcriptional start sites for all human RefSeq genes. Can you help with this? This is to support a study of transcription factor binding sites in proximal promoter regions.

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Josh

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Luvina Guruvadoo

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Mar 5, 2015, 12:05:40 PM3/5/15

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Hello Josh,

Thanks for your question. You can download this information using our Table Browser: http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables

clade: Mammal

genome: Human

assembly: hg19 (or a different human assembly)

group: Genes and Gene Predictions

track: RefSeq Genes

table: refGene

output format: selected field from primary and related tables

output file: enter a file name to save your results, or leave blank to display output in the web browser

Click "get output". Select 'name' and 'txStart', and click "get output".

If you have any further questions, please reply to gen...@soe.ucsc.edu. All messages sent to that address are archived on a publicly-accessible forum. If your question includes sensitive data, you may send it instead to genom...@soe.ucsc.edu.

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Luvina Guruvadoo
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group