---
id: "flybase_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 78
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/flybase_id"
---

# FlyBase ID (`flybase_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of an object in FlyBase, the database of Drosophila genes and genomes: FB, two letters for the kind of object and seven digits. Gene identifiers start with FBgn.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^FB\w{2}\d{7}$
```

## Examples

- `FBgn0011293` — Gene 4Csp4 (4-Cysteine soluble protein 4) of Drosophila melanogaster; Bioregistry example
- `FBgn011293` (invalid example) — Six digits instead of seven

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `flybase`
- wikidata: `P3852`

## Sources

- doc: <https://flybase.org/>
- other: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/flybase>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3852>

## Quality

Score 78/100. Missing: second example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/flybase_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/flybase_id.yaml>