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Entrez Gene is a searchable database of genes, from RefSeq genomes, and defined by sequence and/or located in the NCBI Map Viewer

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free text	human muscular dystrophy
partial name and multiple species	transporter[title] AND ("Drosophila melanogaster"[orgn] OR "Mus musculus"[orgn])
chromosome and symbol	(II[chr] OR 2[chr]) AND adh*[sym]
associated sequence accession number	M11313[accn]
gene name (symbol)	BRCA1[sym]
publication (PubMed ID)	11331580[PMID]
Gene Ontology (GO) terms or identifiers	"cell adhesion"[GO] 10030[GO]
Genes with variants of clinical significance (under development)	gene_snp_clin[filter]
chromosome and species	Y[CHR] AND human[ORGN]
Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers	1.9.3.1[EC]
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Entrez Gene: gene-centered information at NCBI.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Jan 1;33:D54-8.
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