Schema for ensGene
  Database: hg19    Primary Table: ensGene    Row Count: 204,940   Data last updated: 2014-03-11
Format description: A gene prediction with some additional info.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
bin 585smallint(5) unsigned range Indexing field to speed chromosome range queries.
name ENST00000456328varchar(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 11868int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 14409int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 14409int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 14409int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 3int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 11868,12612,13220,longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 12227,12721,14409,longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range score
name2 ENSG00000223972varchar(255) values Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)
cdsStartStat noneenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
cdsEndStat noneenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
exonFrames -1,-1,-1,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
        hg19.ccdsInfo.mrnaAcc (via ensGene.name)
      hg19.ensGtp.transcript (via ensGene.name)
      hg19.ensPep.name (via ensGene.name)
      hg19.ensemblSource.name (via ensGene.name)
      hg19.ensemblToGeneName.name (via ensGene.name)
      hg19.knownToEnsembl.value (via ensGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToEnsembl.value (via ensGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
585ENST00000456328chr1+11868144091440914409311868,12612,13220,12227,12721,14409,0ENSG00000223972nonenone-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000515242chr1+11871144121441214412311871,12612,13224,12227,12721,14412,0ENSG00000223972nonenone-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000518655chr1+11873144091440914409411873,12594,13402,13660,12227,12721,13655,14409,0ENSG00000223972nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000450305chr1+12009136701367013670612009,12178,12612,12974,13220,13452,12057,12227,12697,13052,13374,13670,0ENSG00000223972nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000423562chr1-143622937029370293701014362,14969,15795,16606,16857,17232,17605,17914,24737,29320,14829,15038,15947,16765,17055,17368,17742,18061,24891,29370,0ENSG00000227232nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000541675chr1-14362248862488624886914362,14969,16853,17232,17497,17605,17914,18267,24733,14829,15038,17055,17364,17504,17742,18061,18369,24886,0ENSG00000227232nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000438504chr1-143622937029370293701214362,14969,15795,15903,16606,16853,17232,17601,17914,18267,24737,29320,14829,15038,15901,15947,16765,17055,17364,17742,18061,18379,24891,29370,0ENSG00000227232nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000488147chr1-144032957029570295701114403,15004,15795,16606,16857,17232,17605,17914,18267,24737,29533,14501,15038,15947,16765,17055,17368,17742,18061,18366,24891,29570,0ENSG00000227232nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000538476chr1-144102980629806298061314410,14999,15795,15903,16606,16747,16857,17232,17601,17914,18267,24736,29533,14502,15038,15901,15947,16745,16765,17055,17364,17742,18061,18366,24891,29806,0ENSG00000227232nonenone-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
585ENST00000473358chr1+29553310973109731097329553,30563,30975,30039,30667,31097,0ENSG00000243485nonenone-1,-1,-1,

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