To find the SNPs located within a specific gene region, the database can be searched by providing the HUGO name of the gene or of its protein. If no official HUGO name matches the input keyword, alias gene names (registered in NCBI Entrez Gene) are examined for the search. A table with all the SNPs linked to the gene is then produced, where a green ‘+’ mark is shown next to each SNP for which the functional effects have been assessed, and a red ‘+’ mark further indicates that the SNP was determined to have a potentially deleterious functional effect. The user can then click on each SNP to obtain the detailed functional information about it.
