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Dfam Get Family
Get detailed information for a specific Dfam transposable element family by accession. Returns consensus sequence, taxonomic classification, repeat type/subtype, clade distribution, author, citations, and curation state. Useful for studying TE biology, understanding repeat element structure, or getting consensus sequences for bioinformatics analysis. Example: DF000000003 returns AluSc (309bp SINE/Alu, consensus sequence, found in primates, published Jurka 1988).
AvailableCortexa
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
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JSON · 12 lines · 235 chars
Examples (1)
Default Dfam Get Family call
Public-safe example · rate-limited
JSON input · 3 lines · 32 chars
Expected response keys: success
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_Dfam_get_family
- Tool name
- Dfam_get_family
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse