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Ensembl Lookup Gene By Symbol

Look up Ensembl gene IDs for a gene symbol across external databases. Given a gene symbol (e.g., 'TP53'), returns all matching Ensembl gene and transcript IDs. Useful for converting gene symbols to Ensembl stable identifiers for use with other Ensembl APIs. Example: symbol 'TP53' in human returns ENSG00000141510 (gene) and related transcript/translation IDs; 'BRCA1' returns ENSG00000012048.

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Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

JSON · 23 lines · 554 chars

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Lookup Gene By Symbol call

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JSON · 3 lines · 18 chars
Expected response keys: success

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Catalog ID
tu_Ensembl_lookup_gene_by_symbol
Tool name
Ensembl_lookup_gene_by_symbol
Added
2026-04-30 22:47Z
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