refGene.txt File Format

4.10.2

Field	Description
bin	Indexing field
name	Name of gene
chrom	Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand	+ or - for strand
txStart	Transcription start position
txEnd	Transcription end position
cdsStart	Coding region start position
cdsEnd	Coding region end position
exonCount	Number of exons
exonStarts	Comma-separated list of exon start positions
exonEnds	Comma-separated list of exon end positions
id	Unique identifier
name2	Alternate name
cdsStartStat	'none', 'unk', 'incmpl' or 'cmpl'
cdsEndStat	'none', 'unk', 'incmpl' or 'cmpl'
exonFrames	Exon frame offsets {0,1,2}