Gene Info eXtension (GIX)

Name: Gene Info eXtension (GIX)
Rating: 4.8333 (6 reviews)
Author: James Knight

By: James Knight

View gene information by double clicking a gene name or accession on any webpage.

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Features & Capabilities

Double click on a gene name or supported accession to retrieve information about it and links to related resources.

Information can be displayed as a detailed report or as a minimal tooltip with links to outside resources.

The information displayed can be customized via the extension's popup menu.

Information is from UniProt, BioGRID, Compartments subcellular localization database, Cancer Dependency Map, Gene Ontology Consortium, HGNC, Human Protein Atlas, IntAct, OMIM, Pfam, ProteomicsDB and Reactome. Support is provided for human and model organism genes.

Query terms are not logged but information about the query, including whether it matched to something in our database, the species and the identifier type (gene symbol, UniProt ID, etc) are logged to help us prioritize development time. Please see the privacy policy for full details.

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Version:

1.8.3 Last updated: 2022-02-15

Version code:

5364967

Creation date:

2019-04-08

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Permissions:

storage

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

97.66KB

Email:

kn*****@gmail.com

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Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 12,689 ▼ 313

Other rankings

#12 in info keyword 22 ▼ 1#175 in extension guard keyword 52 ▼ 3#189 in gif keyword 25 ▼ 6#201 in query keyword 12 ▼ 5#209 in extension keyword 84 ▼ 5

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Gene Info (v1.8.3)

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Developed by:

James Knight

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gene-info/

Email:

kn*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://gene-info.org

User Reviews

This is everything I need and more. Has saved me many hours

by Fi*****, 2021-03-14

Extremely useful and well-thought extension. Complements very well many web sites by allowing fast access to gene function information. Great configuration options.

by co*****, 2020-12-10

Thanks a lot, extremely helpful

by Fi*****, 2020-11-13

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Is Gene Info eXtension (GIX) Safe?

Risk impact

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Gene Info eXtension (GIX) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Gene Info eXtension (GIX) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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