get_overlapping_ncrnas

Find non-coding RNAs that overlap a genomic region. The region can be specified either as explicit coordinates or as a gene symbol, in which case the tool uses Ensembl’s GraphQL API to resolve the symbol to coordinates first.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
species	str	yes	Common name (e.g. "human", "mouse") or scientific name ("homo_sapiens").
chromosome	str	conditional	Chromosome name — "1", "X", "chr1".
start	int	conditional	Start coordinate (1-based, inclusive).
end	int	conditional	End coordinate (1-based, inclusive).
gene_symbol	str	conditional	Gene symbol (e.g. "BRCA2", "HOTAIR").

You must supply either gene_symbol or the full chromosome / start / end triple. Mixing the two is not supported; the tool returns an error if neither is given.

Returns

A markdown list of overlapping RNAcentral entries with URS IDs, RNA type, genomic coordinates, strand, and source database.

Upstream services

• Ensembl GraphQL API for gene_symbol → coordinates resolution.

• RNAcentral REST API for the overlap query.