Cortexa research tool·genomics·ena_browser

Ena Get Sequence Fasta

Get nucleotide sequence in FASTA format from ENA by accession number. Supports EMBL/GenBank accessions only (e.g., U00096, AJ312385, M15390). Does NOT support RefSeq accessions (NC_*, NM_*, NP_* prefixes). Returns sequence with header information.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 86msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 86ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "accession": {
      "description": "EMBL/GenBank accession number. Supported formats: U#####, M#####, AJ######, AL######, CP######, etc. NOT RefSeq (NC_*, NM_*, NP_*). Examples: 'U00096', 'AJ312385', 'M15390'",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "download": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Force download instead of inline display (default: false)",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "accession"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ena Get Sequence Fasta call

public-safeinput

{
  "accession": "P38398",
  "download": false
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ena_get_sequence_fasta
Tool name: ena_get_sequence_fasta
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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