Cortexa research tool·genomics·hgnc

HGNC Search Genes

Search for human genes in HGNC by symbol, name, or alias. Supports wildcards (e.g., 'BRCA*' finds BRCA1, BRCA2). Searches across approved symbols and names. Returns a list of matching genes with basic info. Example: 'kinase' searches gene names containing kinase.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 639msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 639ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query - gene symbol, partial name, or keyword. Supports wildcards (*). Examples: 'BRCA*', 'tumor protein', 'insulin receptor'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "search_field": {
      "description": "Field to search in. Options: 'symbol', 'name', 'alias_symbol', 'prev_symbol', 'entrez_id', 'ensembl_gene_id', 'uniprot_ids', 'location'. Default searches across symbol and name.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default HGNC Search Genes call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_HGNC_search_genes
Tool name: HGNC_search_genes
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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