Schema for ensGene
  Database: danRer7    Primary Table: ensGene    Row Count: 56,754   Data last updated: 2014-03-04
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 ENSDART00000127092varchar(255) values Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)
chrom Zv9_NA10varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand -char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 29174int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 34103int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 29174int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 34103int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 2int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 29174,34018,longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 30349,34103,longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range score
name2 ENSDARG00000087207varchar(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 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
        danRer7.ensGtp.transcript (via ensGene.name)
      danRer7.ensPep.name (via ensGene.name)
      danRer7.ensemblSource.name (via ensGene.name)
      danRer7.ensemblToGeneName.name (via ensGene.name)
      knownGeneV39.knownToEnsembl.value (via ensGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
585ENSDART00000127092Zv9_NA10-29174341032917434103229174,34018,30349,34103,0ENSDARG00000087207cmplcmpl1,0,
585ENSDART00000130683Zv9_NA101-39833399483994839948139833,39948,0ENSDARG00000086811nonenone-1,
585ENSDART00000130536Zv9_NA105+12113122301223012230112113,12230,0ENSDARG00000086524nonenone-1,
585ENSDART00000123528Zv9_NA109-1031871871871103,187,0ENSDARG00000091426nonenone-1,
585ENSDART00000128305Zv9_NA109-2803643643641280,364,0ENSDARG00000088901nonenone-1,
585ENSDART00000123913Zv9_NA109-4575415415411457,541,0ENSDARG00000091303nonenone-1,
585ENSDART00000123196Zv9_NA110+342625563342625563153426,4371,5127,7177,8049,11127,13688,13992,14258,15888,16240,19924,20951,22766,25415,3564,4476,5209,7306,8102,11318,13754,14047,14338,16022,16315,20096,21168,22831,25563,0ENSDARG00000086680cmplincmpl0,0,0,1,1,0,2,2,0,2,1,1,2,0,2,
585ENSDART00000122613Zv9_NA111+15002151191511915119115002,15119,0ENSDARG00000091490nonenone-1,
585ENSDART00000129152Zv9_NA113-2197772197771721,1226,3336,3538,3739,3860,4334,4519,4701,4848,4990,5366,8174,8296,8735,8910,9167,680,1714,3448,3666,3774,3903,4378,4587,4755,4880,5108,5497,8212,8389,8803,8958,9777,0ENSDARG00000091094incmplcmpl1,2,1,2,0,2,0,1,1,2,1,2,0,0,1,1,0,
585ENSDART00000127078Zv9_NA116+388066363880663633880,6211,6494,4075,6402,6636,0ENSDARG00000091547cmplincmpl0,0,2,

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