TAIR-Style Locus Summary
tair_locus_infoRead-onlyIdempotent
Retrieve curator-vetted summary and cross-database aliases for Arabidopsis loci, bypassing the paid TAIR API using BAR/ThaleMine data.
Instructions
Fetch the TAIR curator-vetted Arabidopsis locus summary. Served via BAR/ThaleMine (U Toronto, Global Core Biodata Resource 2023) since TAIR's free per-locus REST API is gated behind a paid Phoenix Bioinformatics subscription. Returns TAIR curator summary + Araport11 computational description + NCBI Gene ID + cross-DB aliases (RefSeq, UniProt, TIGR locus-model IDs). Arabidopsis only. Alias of bar_gene_summary.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| locus | Yes | Arabidopsis AGI locus, e.g. AT1G01010 |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| agi | No | AGI primary identifier echoed by ThaleMine, e.g. "AT1G01010" | |
| locus | Yes | ||
| symbol | No | Gene symbol, e.g. "NAC001" | |
| aliases | No | Cross-DB aliases from /gaia/aliases/ (RefSeq accessions, UniProt accessions, TIGR locus-model IDs, and TAIR aliases). Empty list if /gaia degraded. | |
| species | Yes | ||
| synonyms | No | TAIR aliases (CSV from Gene.tairAliases, split on commas + stripped) | |
| full_name | No | Gene name from ThaleMine | |
| source_url | Yes | ThaleMine endpoint URL for traceability | |
| ncbi_gene_id | No | NCBI Gene ID from /gaia/aliases/ — None if BAR has no NCBI cross-ref | |
| tair_locus_id | No | TAIR locus ID from Gene.secondaryIdentifier, e.g. "locus:2200935" | |
| curator_summary | No | Gene.tairCuratorSummary — the TAIR-curated functional summary prose | |
| brief_description | No | Gene.briefDescription — short blurb (often same as full_name) | |
| tair_short_description | No | Gene.tairShortDescription — TAIR-specific short description | |
| computational_description | No | Gene.tairComputationalDescription — Araport11-sourced computed description |