---
id: "mgi_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/mgi_id"
---

# Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) accession ID (`mgi_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.

Accession ID of an object in Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI), the database of the laboratory mouse, such as a gene or another genome feature. It is MGI: and a number, as in MGI:97490 for the gene Pax6.

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

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^MGI:\d+$
```

## Examples

- `MGI:97490` — Pax6, paired box 6
- `MGI:6017782` — Tssr90015, a transcription start site region; Bioregistry example
- `97490` (invalid example) — Number without the MGI: prefix

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `mgi`
- wikidata: `P671`

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.informatics.jax.org/>
- other: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/mgi>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P671>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

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