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Genome database and browser for vertebrate genomes with gene annotation, variation, and comparative genomics.

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GEThttps://rest.ensembl.org/lookup/symbol/{species}/{symbol}

Look up gene by symbol

Parameters

symbolgene symbol e.g. BRCA2 (stringrequired

specieshomo_sapiens|mus_musculus (stringrequired

Returns

id, display_name, description, biotype, start, end, strand, seq_region_name, species, assembly_name

GEThttps://rest.ensembl.org/sequence/id/{id}

Get genomic sequence

Parameters

idEnsembl ID (stringrequired

typegenomic|cdna|cds|protein (stringoptional

Returns

id, seq (DNA/protein sequence), molecule, query

GEThttps://rest.ensembl.org/overlap/id/{id}

Get variants for a gene

Parameters

idEnsembl gene ID (stringrequired

featurevariation (stringrequired

Returns

variants[] with id, start, end, strand, alleles, consequence_type, clinical_significance[]