GeneRIFs – How are they maintained?
GeneRIFs are established by three primary methods. 1 Extraction from the published literature by staff of the National Library of Medicine. 2 Summary reports from HuGE Navigator3 User submissions from an Entrez Gene record. In the first case, the records are updated weekly. In the second case, Entrez Gene processes information about how a citation in PubMed is related to a GeneID, and converts that to a standard text. In the last case, RefSeq staff reviews the submission before release, and contacts the submitter if questions arise. User-submitted data should be public within a week.
