---
name: "refseq-nm-cds"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/refseq-nm-cds"
---

# refseq-nm-cds(1)

download NCBI RefSeq mRNAs and summarize coding regions

## NAME

refseq-nm-cds - download NCBI RefSeq mRNAs and summarize coding regions

## SYNOPSIS

**refseq-nm-cds** \[**all**\] \[**cow**\] \[**frog**\] \[\[**hu**\]**man**\] \[**mouse**\|**mice**\] \[**pig**\] \[**rat**\] \[\[**zebra**\]**fish**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**refseq-nm-cds** downloads NCBI RefSeq mRNA data files for one or more requested species (just **human** by default) to the current directory and supplements each species' with a file summarizing its coding regions.

## OPTIONS

- **all**

  Cover data for all of the below species.

- **cow**

  Cover cow (*Bos taurus*) data.

- **frog**

  Cover western clawed frog (*Xenopus tropicalis*) data.

- \[**hu**\]**man**

  Cover human (*Homo sapiens*) data.

- **mouse**\|**mice**

  Cover house mouse (*Mus musculus*) data.

- **pig**

  Cover wild boar (*Sus scrofa*) data.

- **rat**

  Cover brown rat (*Rattus norvegicus*) data.

- \[**zebra**\]**fish**

  Cover zebrafish (*Danio rerio*) data.

## SEE ALSO

[**download-ncbi-data**(1)](/download-ncbi-data/1.md), [**download-pmc**(1)](/download-pmc/1.md), [**download-pubmed**(1)](/download-pubmed/1.md), [**download-sequence**(1)](/download-sequence/1.md), [**csv2xml**(1)](/csv2xml/1.md), [**nquire**(1)](/nquire/1.md), [**xtract**(1)](/xtract/1.md).