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NCBIDatasets Get Gene By Symbol

Look up gene information by gene symbol and organism. Searches NCBI Gene database using official gene symbols. Specify the taxon as common name (human, mouse, rat) or taxonomy ID. Returns gene ID, description, chromosomal location, and database cross-references.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 104msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 104ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "symbol": {
      "description": "Gene symbol. Examples: 'TP53', 'BRCA1', 'INS', 'EGFR'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "taxon": {
      "description": "Organism as common name or taxonomy ID. Examples: 'human', 'mouse', 'rat', '9606', '10090'. Default: 'human'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "symbol"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default NCBIDatasets Get Gene By Symbol call

public-safeinput

{
  "symbol": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_NCBIDatasets_get_gene_by_symbol
Tool name: NCBIDatasets_get_gene_by_symbol
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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