gene

C16793
concept

A gene is a segment of DNA that contains the information needed to produce a functional product, typically a protein or functional RNA, and thereby influences an organism’s traits and biological processes.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
protein-coding gene 18
human gene 14
gene canonical 11

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: gene
Generated description
A gene is a segment of DNA that contains the information needed to produce a functional product, typically a protein or functional RNA, and thereby influences an organism’s traits and biological processes.

Instances (38)

Instance Via concept surface
Kerykes
C9orf72 human gene
SOD1
TARDBP protein-coding gene
SMN2 human gene
CYP2J2 protein-coding gene
ERBB2 protein-coding gene
bithorax complex Hox gene cluster
Antennapedia complex Hox gene cluster
Notch developmental gene
wingless
INS gene in humans
surface form: INS gene
protein-coding gene
APOE gene protein-coding gene
Cdc28
surface form: CDC28 gene
protein-coding gene
CYP2D6
CDK4 human gene
SMN1 gene
surface form: SMN1
Gemin6
surface form: GEMIN6 gene
protein-coding gene
5q13 (SMN1)
WDR41 human gene
chromosome 9 open reading frame 72
surface form: C9orf72
human gene
EWSR1
CDK6 human gene
CYP2C9 protein-coding gene
GTF2H5L
HTT gene
surface form: HTT
VKORC1 protein-coding gene
green fluorescent protein
surface form: Green fluorescent protein
reporter gene
ABCG2 gene
surface form: ABCG2
SCN1A human gene
GNAI2 gene (for Gαi2 in humans)
surface form: GNAI2
protein-coding gene
GNAI3 gene (for Gαi3 in humans)
surface form: GNAI3
protein-coding gene
EGFR human gene
ERBB3 protein-coding gene
MS4A1 gene
surface form: MS4A1
protein-coding gene
ERBB4 human gene
EPAS1 human gene
rat Cnr2