Text Search Help

General Search

Generally, you can just type terms into the text box. The search will return all genes for which that term appears in any context. Examples:

The last example above will give you anything with either "histidine" or "kinase". Use quotes to search for the exact phrase, e.g.:

You can also use "+" to require both terms to be present, but not necessarily in a phrase:

You can use "-" to require that a term not be present. This example returns all genes that match "histidine" but not "kinase":

You can use "*" for prefix searches, e.g.:

Search by Field

To search against a specific field, prefix the search term with the field name and ":", e.g.:

Field searches can be combined like general term searches, e.g.:

Field Reference

The following table lists the fields that can be used for field queries on genes. When no field name is specified in the query, all listed fields are searched.

Field Name	Description
desc	Gene name
symbol	Gene symbol
synonyms	Synonyms
locus	Locus number, e.g. NCU00022; if the desired gene resulted from a split or merge of a previous gene, you can also specify the previous gene locus
product	Protein product (stored as transcript name)
blastx	Description of overlapping blast hits, including gi number and organism name
hmmer	Description of overlapping pfam matches
est	Description of overlapping ests