- Download the following two BED files from the RSEQC website, hosted on SourceForge:
hg38_RefSeq.bed.gz: All human RefSeq transcriptshg38.HouseKeepingGenes.bed.gz: Subset of human RefSeq transcripts considered housekeeping genes
- Extract the RefSeq identifiers from the
HouseKeepingGenesfile. - Map the RefSeq identifiers to orthologous genes in your species of interest, e.g. using
ensembl's BioMart web interface. Make sure
the return the
gene stable IDfor the target species.