UniGene Identifiers

Overview

UniGene is a database of non-redundant sequence clusters where each entry represents a unique gene. UniGene identifiers contain both an organism tag as well as a unique numerical index. These identifiers can be used to query UniGene to retrieve gene specific information, which includes the chromosomal map location in addition to tissue specific expression information.

UniGene is produced and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) within the National Institute of Health (NIH).