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ncbi_gene.genes

Current NCBI Gene identity, nomenclature, and cross-reference records, one row per GeneID.

gene_symbol is NCBI’s default symbol and is not necessarily an HGNC symbol. synonyms are alternate symbols, while other_designations are alternate descriptive names. db_xrefs contains external database identifiers as db and normalized id pairs.

Not partitioned.

Column Type Description
sources STRUCT(url TEXT, filename TEXT, last_modified_at TIMESTAMPTZ, sha256 TEXT)[] Provenance for the NCBI Gene information file.
taxon_id TEXT NCBI taxonomy identifier for the species or strain associated with the gene.
gene_id TEXT Current stable numeric NCBI Gene identifier.
gene_symbol TEXT NCBI default gene symbol.
locus_tag TEXT NCBI locus tag, if supplied.
synonyms TEXT[] Alternative or unofficial gene symbols, with database-style prefixes removed.
db_xrefs STRUCT(db TEXT, id TEXT)[] External identifiers as db and normalized id pairs.
chromosome TEXT Chromosome on which NCBI places the gene, if supplied; mitochondrial genomes use MT.
map_location TEXT NCBI map location, if supplied.
description TEXT NCBI descriptive gene name, if supplied.
gene_type TEXT NCBI gene type.
nomenclature_symbol TEXT Symbol supplied by a nomenclature authority, if supplied.
nomenclature_name TEXT Full name supplied by a nomenclature authority, if supplied.
nomenclature_status TEXT Nomenclature authority status: O for official or I for interim, if supplied.
other_designations TEXT[] Alternate descriptive names assigned to the GeneID.
modified_date DATE Date NCBI last modified the gene record, if supplied.
feature_types TEXT[] Annotated feature types and classes or controlled vocabularies derived from selected RefSeq annotations.