BioNumbers is a database of key numberical information that may be used in molecular biology. Along with the numbers, it contains references to the original literature, useful comments, and related numeric data.

Prefix
bionumbers
Links
Homepage
Identifier Standards
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in BioNumbers should match this regular expression:
^\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier
104674   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from BioNumbers should match this regular expression:
^bionumbers:\d+$

Example CURIE
bionumbers:104674
Contacts
Contact
Missing Contact
Mappings to External Registries

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 5 mappings to external registries with 2 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
BioContext biocontext BIONUMBERS
EDAM EDAM Ontology logo edam 2660
Identifiers.org Identifiers.org logo miriam bionumbers
N2T Name-to-Thing logo n2t bionumbers
Prefix Commons Prefix Commons logo prefixcommons bionumbers
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 104674 is used to demonstrate the providers available for BioNumbers. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Provider Name Provider Code URI
BioNumbers bionumbers https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?id=104674
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/bionumbers:104674
Identifiers.org miriam https://identifiers.org/bionumbers:104674
Name-to-Thing n2t https://n2t.net/bionumbers:104674
Extra Providers

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.

Provider Name Provider Code URL
Bio2RDF bio2rdf http://bio2rdf.org/bionumbers:104674