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What does "." mean in transcript ID?

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5.7 years ago

Jenny Han ▴ 10

Hi, everyone.

I have transcript IDs as below, what does . mean? Are these two ID are same?

ENST00000318325.6
ENST00000318325.2

transcript ncbi ensembl • 2.6k views

ADD COMMENT • link updated 5.7 years ago by finswimmer 16k • written 5.7 years ago by Jenny Han ▴ 10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-09

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finswimmer 16k

Hello,

the number after the . is the version of the transcript.

See here.

When talking/writing about transcript one should always add the information about the version and the reference genome.

fin swimmer

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Thanks! Have a good day

ADD REPLY • link 5.7 years ago by Jenny Han ▴ 10

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~~In some cases it might also point to isoforms of a specific gene. But that's not gonna be the case here I think~~

EDIT: after consulting people from Ensembl it turns out my comment above is not holding true for the emsembl IDs, so can safely be ignored in this specific case!

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