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Ensembl Get Regulatory Features

Get regulatory features (promoters, enhancers, transcription factor binding sites) in a genomic region. Returns regulatory annotations including feature types, positions, and evidence. Use this to identify regulatory elements that may control gene expression.

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Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 862ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "feature": {
      "description": "Feature type (must be 'regulatory' for this tool)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "region": {
      "description": "Genomic region in format 'chromosome:start-end' (e.g., '1:1000000-2000000')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "species": {
      "default": "human",
      "description": "Species name (default 'human')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "region",
    "feature"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Get Regulatory Features call

public-safeinput

{
  "feature": "",
  "region": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ensembl_get_regulatory_features
Tool name: ensembl_get_regulatory_features
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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