Accession number & GI & GeneID

Accession number :
An Accession number is a unique identifier given to a sequence when it is
submitted to one of the DNA repositories (GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ). The initial deposition of a
sequence record is referred to as version 1. If the sequence is updated, the version number is
incremented, but the Accession number will remain constant.

GI:
The GenInfo Identifier is a sequence identification number for a nucleotide sequence. If a
nucleotide sequence changes in any w ay, a new GI number will be assigned. A separate GI number
is also assigned to each protein translation within a nucleotide sequence record, and a new GI is
assigned if the protein translation changes in any w ay. GI sequence identifiers run parallel to the
new accession.version system of sequence identifiers (see the description of Version).

GeneID
GeneID is a unique identifier that is assigned to a gene record in Entrez Gene. It is an
integer and is species specific. In other words, the integer assigned to dystrophin in human is
different from that in any other species. For genomes that had been represented in LocusLink, the
GeneID is the same as the LocusID. The GeneID is reported in RefSeq records as a 'db_xref' (e.g.
/db_xref="GeneID:856646", in GenBank format).