Schema for ensGene
  Database: hg16    Primary Table: ensGene    Row Count: 33,633   Data last updated: 2004-07-13
Format description: A gene prediction with some additional info.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
name ENST00000326632varchar(255) values Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)
chrom chr1varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand -char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 4273int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 19433int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 4273int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 19433int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 12int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 4273,4870,5658,5766,6469,67...longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 4391,4901,5764,5810,6628,69...longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
id 30390int(10) unsigned range  
name2 ENSG00000146556varchar(255) values Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)
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 2,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,longblob   Reading frame of the start of the CDS region of the exon, in the direction of transcription (0,1,2), or -1 if there is no CDS region.

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        hg16.ensGtp.transcript (via ensGene.name)
      hg16.ensPep.name (via ensGene.name)
      hg16.knownToEnsembl.value (via ensGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToEnsembl.value (via ensGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
namechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsidname2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
ENST00000326632chr1-427319433427319433124273,4870,5658,5766,6469,6716,7095,7440,7777,8130,14600,19396,4391,4901,5764,5810,6628,6918,7227,7605,7924,8242,14754,19433,30390ENSG00000146556cmplcmpl2,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,
ENST00000339213chr1+52877534475287753447152877,53447,30391ENSG00000187883cmplincmpl0,
ENST00000326183chr1+58953598715895359871158953,59871,30392ENSG00000177693cmplcmpl0,
ENST00000327169chr1+4075214084604075214084601407521,408460,30393ENSG00000177799cmplcmpl0,
ENST00000332194chr1+6096626100676096626100671609662,610067,30394ENSG00000184438cmplcmpl0,
ENST00000332831chr1-6609586618976609586618971660958,661897,30395ENSG00000185097cmplcmpl0,
ENST00000326734chr1+7926137950777927527932322792613,793965,793445,795077,30396ENSG00000177757cmplcmpl0,-1,
ENST00000326725chr1-8014558027498019428024341801455,802749,30397ENSG00000177750cmplcmpl0,
ENST00000326678chr1+8317628318948317628318941831762,831894,30398ENSG00000177741incmplcmpl0,
ENST00000236168chr1-8436868439208436868439202843686,843869,843776,843920,30399ENSG00000117509cmplincmpl0,0,

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