Schema for Ensembl Genes - Ensembl Genes
  Database: canFam3    Primary Table: ensGene    Row Count: 60,994   Data last updated: 2021-05-25
Format description: Ensembl gene predictions.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
bin 73smallint(5) unsigned range Indexing field to speed chromosome range queries.
name ENSCAFT00000000001.4varchar(255) values Ensembl transcript ID
chrom chr1varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand -char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 252102int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 322718int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 252391int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 322063int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 25int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 252102,254465,256196,257161...longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 252562,254628,256329,257242...longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range always 0 for Ensembl genes
name2 ENSCAFG00000000001.4varchar(255) values Ensembl gene ID
cdsStartStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
cdsEndStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
exonFrames 0,2,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,2,0,1,1,0...longblob   Exon frame {0,1,2}, or -1 if no frame for exon

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        canFam3.ensGtp.transcript (via ensGene.name)
      canFam3.ensPep.name (via ensGene.name)
      canFam3.ensemblSource.name (via ensGene.name)
      canFam3.ensemblToGeneName.name (via ensGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToEnsembl.value (via ensGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
73ENSCAFT00000000001.4chr1-25210232271825239132206325252102,254465,256196,257161,261833,263523,265577,266458,268250,269065,270483,271764,273564,275917,278244,278627,279594,280769,28 ...252562,254628,256329,257242,261963,263678,265629,266628,268338,269135,270611,271796,273696,276026,278317,278693,279704,280889,28 ...0ENSCAFG00000000001.4cmplcmpl0,2,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,2,0,1,1,0,2,2,0,0,1,2,1,1,1,0,0,
587ENSCAFT00000000003.4chr1+3636063650913636063650912363606,364716,364092,365091,0ENSCAFG00000000002.4cmplcmpl0,0,
588ENSCAFT00000072789.1chr1+4394624403984394624403982439462,440181,439629,440398,0ENSCAFG00000041462.1cmplcmpl0,2,
73ENSCAFT00000000006.4chr1+4970705659054970705659053497070,510536,565072,497172,510759,565905,0ENSCAFG00000000005.4cmplcmpl0,0,1,
589ENSCAFT00000000008.4chr1-6022636353486022636251465602263,609663,625038,633690,634719,605470,609753,625159,633814,635348,0ENSCAFG00000000007.4cmplcmpl0,0,0,-1,-1,
590ENSCAFT00000037436.3chr1-6932937123556932937100558693293,694889,699868,702898,703517,704426,709984,712165,693636,694963,699953,703011,703694,704469,710081,712355,0ENSCAFG00000024219.3cmplcmpl2,0,2,0,0,2,0,-1,
590ENSCAFT00000086492.1chr1-6932937044696932937037665693293,694889,699868,702898,703517,693636,694963,699953,703011,704469,0ENSCAFG00000024219.3cmplcmpl2,0,2,0,0,
590ENSCAFT00000085460.1chr1+7222927351627316017350095722292,722681,724778,731541,734837,722324,722877,724848,731645,735162,0ENSCAFG00000000008.4cmplcmpl-1,-1,-1,0,2,
590ENSCAFT00000000009.4chr1+7227077352587227247350093722707,731541,734837,722877,731645,735258,0ENSCAFG00000000008.4cmplcmpl0,0,2,
590ENSCAFT00000068667.1chr1+7227077316997227247316993722707,731541,731690,722877,731688,731699,0ENSCAFG00000000008.4cmplcmpl0,0,0,

Note: all start coordinates in our database are 0-based, not 1-based. See explanation here.

Ensembl Genes (ensGene) Track Description
 

Description

These gene predictions were generated by Ensembl.

For more information on the different gene tracks, see our Genes FAQ.

Methods

For a description of the methods used in Ensembl gene predictions, please refer to Hubbard et al. (2002), also listed in the References section below.

Data access

Ensembl Gene data can be explored interactively using the Table Browser or the Data Integrator. For local downloads, the genePred format files for canFam3 are available in our downloads directory as ensGene.txt.gz or in our genes download directory in GTF format.

For programmatic access, the data can be queried from the REST API or directly from our public MySQL servers. Instructions on this method are available on our MySQL help page and on our blog.

Previous versions of this track can be found on our archive download server.

Credits

We would like to thank Ensembl for providing these gene annotations. For more information, please see Ensembl's genome annotation page.

References

Hubbard T, Barker D, Birney E, Cameron G, Chen Y, Clark L, Cox T, Cuff J, Curwen V, Down T et al. The Ensembl genome database project. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):38-41. PMID: 11752248; PMC: PMC99161