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Ensembl Get Overlap Features

Get genomic features (genes, transcripts, repeats) overlapping a region. Returns comprehensive annotations including coding genes, ncRNAs, pseudogenes, and structural features. Use this for genome annotation and feature discovery.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 112msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 112ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "biotype": {
      "description": "Filter by biotype (optional, e.g., 'protein_coding', 'lincRNA', 'miRNA')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "feature": {
      "default": "gene",
      "description": "Feature type to retrieve",
      "enum": [
        "gene",
        "transcript",
        "cds",
        "exon",
        "repeat",
        "simple_feature",
        "misc_feature",
        "constrained_element"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "region": {
      "description": "Genomic region (e.g., '7:140424943-140624564')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "species": {
      "description": "Species (e.g., 'human', 'homo_sapiens')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "species",
    "region"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Get Overlap Features call

public-safeinput

{
  "region": "",
  "species": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ensembl_get_overlap_features
Tool name: ensembl_get_overlap_features
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "biotype": { "description": "Filter by biotype (optional, e.g., 'protein_coding', 'lincRNA', 'miRNA')", "type": "string" }, "feature": { "default": "gene", "description": "Feature type to retrieve", "enum": [ "gene", "transcript", "cds", "exon", "repeat", "simple_feature", "misc_feature", "constrained_element" ], "type": "string" }, "region": { "description": "Genomic region (e.g., '7:140424943-140624564')", "type": "string" }, "species": { "description": "Species (e.g., 'human', 'homo_sapiens')", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "species", "region" ], "type": "object" }