RefSeq: incorrect endpoint and accession

[CunliangGeng]

1. PoDP schema shows that RefSeq_accession is will search on endpoint https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/ (this is the endpoint of GenBank), but actually RefSeq has its own endpoint https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq, so the RefSeq endpoint in the schema should be updated.

2. PoDP users fill the RefSeq_accession section with Assembly accession, e.g. the project shown below, the GCF_000515175.1 is actually an Assembly accession but not a RefSeq accession
   

RefSeq and Assembly accessions have different prefixes:

• RefSeq accession prefix list
• Assembly Accession have two prefixes: GCF and GCA

  • The assembly accession starts with a three letter prefix, GCA for GenBank assemblies and GCF for RefSeq assemblies. This is followed by an underscore and 9 digits.

Some ideas:

• PoDP should validate the prefix to make sure the filled data is valid
• PoDP should add Assembly section for Assembly data