Ucsc Genome Browser Table For Gene Symbol To Coordinate Map?

Question

[Alex Reynolds]

When I visit the UCSC Genome Browser, click on the browser link and type in, for instance, HBB to pull up human beta hemoglobin, what are the underlying tables that store the mapping of such symbols to genomic coordinates?

Answer 1

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

I use:

kgXref.geneSymbol and knownGene.chrom/txStart/txEnd

with

hg19.knowGene.name=hg19.kgXref.kgID