GENCODE Versions Tracks
 
Container of all new and previous GENCODE releases tracks   (All Genes and Gene Predictions tracks)

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new GENCODE V45lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V45lift37 (Ensembl 111)  
GENCODE V44lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V44lift37 (Ensembl 110)  
GENCODE V43lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V43lift37 (Ensembl 109)  
GENCODE V42lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V42lift37 (Ensembl 108)  
GENCODE V41lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V41lift37 (Ensembl 107)  
GENCODE V40lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V40lift37 (Ensembl 106)  
GENCODE V39lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V39lift37 (Ensembl 105)  
GENCODE V38lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V38lift37 (Ensembl 104)  
GENCODE V37lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V37lift37 (Ensembl 103)  
GENCODE V36lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V36lift37 (Ensembl 102)  
GENCODE V35lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V35lift37 (Ensembl 101)  
GENCODE V34lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V34lift37 (Ensembl 100)  
GENCODE V33lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V33lift37 (Ensembl 99)  
GENCODE V31lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V31lift37 (Ensembl 97)  
GENCODE V28lift37  GENCODE lifted annotations from V28lift37 (Ensembl 92)  
GENCODE Gene V27lift37  Gene Annotations from GENCODE Version 27lift37  
GENCODE Gene V24lift37  Gene Annotations from GENCODE Version 24lift37  
GENCODE Genes V19  Gene Annotations from GENCODE Version 19  
GENCODE Genes V17  Gene Annotations from ENCODE/GENCODE Version 17  
GENCODE Genes V14  Gene Annotations from ENCODE/GENCODE Version 14  
GENCODE Genes V7  Gene Annotations from ENCODE/GENCODE Version 7  
Assembly: Human Feb. 2009 (GRCh37/hg19)


updated Note: Updated Feb. 14, 2024

Description

The aim of the GENCODE Genes project (Harrow et al., 2006) is to produce a set of highly accurate annotations of evidence-based gene features on the human reference genome. This includes the identification of all protein-coding loci with associated alternative splice variants, non-coding with transcript evidence in the public databases (NCBI/EMBL/DDBJ) and pseudogenes. A high quality set of gene structures is necessary for many research studies such as comparative or evolutionary analyses, or for experimental design and interpretation of the results.

The GENCODE Genes tracks display the high-quality manual annotations merged with evidence-based automated annotations across the entire human genome. The GENCODE gene set presents a full merge between HAVANA manual annotation and Ensembl automatic annotation. Priority is given to the manually curated HAVANA annotation using predicted Ensembl annotations when there are no corresponding manual annotations. With each release, there is an increase in the number of annotations that have undergone manual curation. This annotation was carried out on the GRCh37 (hg19) genome assembly.

Experimental verification details are given in each descriptions for each track. Transcript Support Levels were determined for version 10 onwards based on evidence provided by GenBank mRNA and EST sequences. Versions 7 and 10 are being used in data analysis by the ENCODE consortium.

NOTE: Due to the UCSC Genome Browser using the NC_001807 mitochondrial genome sequence (chrM) and GENCODE annotating the NC_012920 mitochondrial sequence, the GENCODE mitochondrial sequences are not available in the UCSC Genome Browser. These annotations are available for download in the GENCODE GTF files.

For more information on the different gene tracks, see our Genes FAQ.

Display Conventions

These are multi-view composite tracks that contain differing data sets (views). Instructions for configuring multi-view tracks are here. Only some subtracks are shown by default. The user can select which subtracks are displayed via the display controls on the track details pages. Further details on display conventions and data interpretation are available in the track descriptions.

Data access

GENCODE Genes and its associated tables can be explored interactively using the REST API, the Table Browser or the Data Integrator. The GENCODE data files for hg19 are available in our downloads directory as wgEncodeGencode* in genePred format. All the tables can also be queried directly from our public MySQL servers, with instructions on this method available on our MySQL help page and on our blog.

Release Notes

GENCODE version 44lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 110.

GENCODE version 43lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 109.

GENCODE version 42lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 108.

GENCODE version 41lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 107.

GENCODE version 40lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 106.

GENCODE version 39lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 105.

GENCODE version 38lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 104.

GENCODE version 37lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 103.

GENCODE version 36lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 102.

GENCODE version 35lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 101.

GENCODE version 34lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 100.

GENCODE version 33lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 99.

GENCODE version 30lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 96.

GENCODE version 29lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 94.

GENCODE version 28lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 92.

GENCODE version 27lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 90.

GENCODE version 24lift37 (mapped from GRCh38 to GRCh37) corresponds to Ensembl 83.

GENCODE version 19 corresponds to Ensembl 74 and Vega 54.

GENCODE version 17 corresponds to Ensembl 72 and Vega 52.

GENCODE version 14 corresponds to Ensembl 69 and Vega 49

GENCODE version 7 corresponds to Ensembl 62 and Vega 42 and is used in ENCODE analysis.

See also: The GENCODE Project Release History.

Credits

The GENCODE project is an international collaboration funded by NIH/NHGRI grant U41HG007234. More information is available at www.gencodegenes.org, Participating GENCODE institutions and personnel can be found here.

References

Frankish A, Diekhans M, Jungreis I, Lagarde J, Loveland JE, Mudge JM, Sisu C, Wright JC, Armstrong J, Barnes I et al. GENCODE 2021. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Jan 8;49(D1):D916-D923. PMID: 33270111; PMC: PMC7778937; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1087

A full list of GENCODE publications are available at The GENCODE Project web site.

Data Release Policy

GENCODE data are available for use without restrictions.