Schema for knownGene
  Database: hg18    Primary Table: knownGene    Row Count: 66,803   Data last updated: 2009-03-03
Format description: Transcript from default gene set in UCSC browser
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
name uc001aaa.2varchar(255) values Name of gene
chrom chr1varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand +char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 1115int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 4121int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 1115int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position if for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 1115int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position if for minus strand item)
exonCount 3int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 1115,2475,3083,longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 2090,2584,4121,longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
proteinID  varchar(40) values UniProt display ID, UniProt accession, or RefSeq protein ID
alignID uc001aaa.2varchar(255) values Unique identifier (GENCODE transcript ID for GENCODE Basic)

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        hg18.affyExonTissuesGs.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.affyExonTissuesGsMedian.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.affyExonTissuesGsMedianDist.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.affyExonTissuesGsMedianDist.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.bioCycPathway.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.ccdsKgMap.geneId (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.ceBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.dmBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.drBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.foldUtr3.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.foldUtr5.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.gnfAtlas2Distance.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.gnfAtlas2Distance.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.gnfU95Distance.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.gnfU95Distance.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.humanHprdP2P.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.humanHprdP2P.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.humanVidalP2P.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.humanVidalP2P.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.humanWankerP2P.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.humanWankerP2P.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.keggPathway.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgAlias.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgColor.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgProtAlias.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgProtMap2.qName (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgSpAlias.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgTargetAli.qName (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgTxInfo.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.kgXref.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownBlastTab.target (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownCanonToDecipher.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownCanonical.protein (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownCanonical.transcript (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownGeneMrna.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownGenePep.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownIsoforms.transcript (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToAllenBrain.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToDecipher.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToEnsembl.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToGnf1h.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToGnfAtlas2.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToHInv.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToHprd.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToKeggEntrez.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToLocusLink.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToMupit.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToPfam.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToRefSeq.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToSuper.gene (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToTreefam.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToU133.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToU133Plus2.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToU95.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.knownToVisiGene.name (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.mmBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.rnBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.scBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      hg18.ucscScop.ucscId (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.bioCycPathway.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.ceBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.dmBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.drBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.foldUtr3.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.foldUtr5.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.gnfAtlas2Distance.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.gnfAtlas2Distance.target (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgAlias.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgColor.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgProtAlias.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgSpAlias.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgTargetAli.qName (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.kgXref.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownAttrs.kgID (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownBlastTab.target (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownCanonical.protein (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownCanonical.transcript (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownCds.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownGene.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownGeneMrna.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownGenePep.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownIsoforms.transcript (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToEnsembl.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToGnfAtlas2.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToHprd.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToLocusLink.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToMrna.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToMrnaSingle.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToMupit.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToPfam.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToRefSeq.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToSuper.gene (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToTag.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToU133.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToU95.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToVisiGene.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToWikipedia.name (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.mmBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.rnBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.scBlastTab.query (via knownGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.ucscScop.ucscId (via knownGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
namechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsproteinIDalignID
uc001aaa.2chr1+111541211115111531115,2475,3083,2090,2584,4121,uc001aaa.2
uc009vip.1chr1+111542721115111521115,2475,2090,4272,uc009vip.1
uc001aab.2chr1-42681476442684268104268,4832,5658,6469,6716,7095,7468,7777,8130,14600,4692,4901,5810,6628,6918,7231,7605,7924,8242,14764,uc001aab.2
uc009viq.1chr1-4268192214268426874268,5658,6469,6720,7468,14600,19183,4692,5810,6628,6918,7924,14754,19221,uc009viq.1
uc009vir.1chr1-42681922142684268104268,4832,5658,6469,6720,7095,7777,8130,14600,19183,4692,4901,5810,6628,6918,7605,7924,8229,14754,19221,uc009vir.1
uc001aac.2chr1-42681922142684268114268,4832,5658,6469,6720,7121,7468,7777,8130,14600,19183,4692,4901,5810,6628,6918,7231,7605,7924,8232,14754,19221,uc001aac.2
uc009vis.1chr1-426866284268426844268,4832,5658,6469,4692,4901,5805,6628,uc009vis.1
uc009vit.1chr1-426896224268426894268,4832,5658,6469,6720,7095,7777,8130,8775,4692,4901,5810,6628,6918,7605,7924,8229,9622,uc009vit.1
uc009viu.1chr1-4268962242684268104268,4832,5658,6469,6720,7095,7777,8130,8363,8775,4692,4901,5810,6628,6918,7605,7924,8232,8417,9622,uc009viu.1
uc001aae.2chr1-4268962242684268104268,4832,5658,6469,6720,7095,7468,7777,8130,8775,4692,4901,5810,6628,6918,7231,7605,7924,8229,9622,uc001aae.2

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