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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).
Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 489msCortexa
Status
The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.
- Last probed
- 1d ago
- Last success
- 1d ago
- Last latency
- 489ms
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
{
"properties": {
"accession": {
"description": "Dfam family accession (e.g., 'DF000000003' for AluSc, 'DF000000053' for AluYa5).",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"accession"
],
"type": "object"
}Examples (1)
Default Dfam Get Family call
public-safeinput
{
"accession": "P38398"
}Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_Dfam_get_family
- Tool name
- Dfam_get_family
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse