ensembl-database - Query Ensembl REST API for genomic data and variants
Query Ensembl genome database REST API for gene annotations, sequences, variant analysis, orthologs, and assembly coordinate mapping across species.
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Updated: 2026-09-19Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Retrieve gene annotations and information
- Retrieve DNA and protein sequences
- Analyze variant effect predictions
- Identify orthologs and paralogs
- Analyze genomic region features
- Map genome assembly coordinates
Inputs
- Gene symbols or Ensembl IDs
- Genomic coordinates or regions
- rsIDs or HGVS notations
Outputs
- Gene metadata and annotations
- JSON or FASTA sequences
- Variant effect prediction results
- Homology and ortholog data
- Mapped assembly coordinates
Requirements
- Python environment
- ensembl_rest package or requests library
- Network connection to Ensembl REST API