- Course overview
- Search within this course
- Why Ensembl?
- What is Ensembl?
- When to use Ensembl
- How to access Ensembl
- How to search Ensembl
- How to search Ensembl
- How to search Ensembl
- Exploring sources of biological data
- Navigating Ensembl
- Customise Ensembl
- Manage your data
- Export data
- Download data with BioMart
- Bulk download genome-wide data files with FTP
- Ensembl tools
- Summary
- Guided examples of using Ensembl
- Exercises
- Your feedback
- Get help and support on Ensembl
- Acknowledgements
- Learn more
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When to use Ensembl
You can use Ensembl if you:
- have a gene of interest, and you would like to know if there are homologues in other species, or any sequence variations in the gene
- would like to know what the sequence is for your gene of interest, and what the sequences of the splice variants (transcripts) are
- want to explore the region around a gene of interest, and find neighbouring genes
- want to find sequences that may be involved in gene regulation (open chromatin signatures, transcription factor binding sites, etc.)
- are interested in how conserved a gene or region is across species
- want to know a selection of sequence variants that have been associated with a disease, for example, diabetes
- have questions about a gene, variant, or chromosomal region
Ensembl cannot help you if:
- want to submit sequence files (see the course on ENA)
- your species of interest is not a chordate (see a sister project, Ensembl Genomes)