The Name attributes of Gene’s Document Summary (docsum).
| Name attribute | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | preferred symbol (same as official, if provided) | |
| Description | preferred gene description (same as official, if provided) | |
| Orgname | binomial, and strain when appropriate, from NCBI’s Taxonomy database | |
| Status | 0, live; 1, replaced; 2, discontinued; 3, used for GeneRIF processing | |
| CurrentID | 0, for GeneIDs without a replacement; otherwise, the new GeneID if the one being displayed has been replaced | |
| Chromosome | chromosome on which this gene has been reported or annotated. | |
| GeneticSource | genomic, mitochondrion, chloroplast, plasmid. The type of genome on which this gene occurs. Genome is used for chromosome. | |
| MapLocation | cytogenetic or genetic map location | |
| OtherAliases | alternate acronyms | |
| OtherDesignations | alternate full descriptions | |
| NomenclatureSymbol | official symbol provided by a named authority | |
| NomenclatureName | official name provided by a named authority | |
| NomenclatureStatus | ‘official’ if provided by a named authority; otherwise 0 | |
| TaxID | unique identifier from NCBI’s Taxonomy Database | |
| Mim | refers to Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) | |
| int | unique identifier(s) from Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) | |
| GenomicInfo | refers to a genomic RefSeq for the reference assembly; otherwise null | |
| ChrLoc | chromosome name. It should be the same as Chromosome but may not be. | |
| ChrAccVer | refSeq accession.version of the reference assembly corresponding to ChrLoc | |
| ChrStart | nucleotide location of the 5’ end of the gene as last annotated (position value is 0-based) | |
| ChrStop | nucleotide location of the 3’ end of the gene as last annotated (position value is 0-based) | |
| ExonCount | see Exon count description in Table 5 | |
| GeneWeight | described above in “How Data Are Displayed (Display Settings/Format)” | |
| Summary | descriptive text about the gene | |
| ChrSort | padded string to support ascii sorting of the chromosome | |
| ChrStart | the smaller of ChrStart and ChrStop in the GenomicInfo section | |
| Organism | refers to the taxon from NCBI’s Taxonomy Database | |
| ScientificName | binomial, and strain when appropriate, from NCBI’s Taxonomy database | |
| CommonName | preferred (GenBank) common name | |
| TaxID | unique identifier from NCBI’s Taxonomy Database | |
| LocationHist | historically annotated location(s) on top-level genomic sequence only, by annotation release and assembly | |
From: Gene Help: Integrated Access to Genes of Genomes in the Reference Sequence Collection
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