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In the Stargate television series, the Ancient Technology Activation gene or ATA is a specific gene expression present in the DNA of the Ancients. The Ancients used the ATA as a sort of "genetic key", so only their kind can operate Ancient technology such as the Atlantis base. Humans possessing the ATA gene are also able to operate Ancient technology.

Dr. Carson Beckett of Stargate: Atlantis is the discoverer and a human carrier of the Ancient Technology Activation gene.

In Hide and Seek (Stargate Atlantis), Dr. Beckett creates the Tau'ri gene therapy that emulates the ATA gene in normal humans with a 48 percent success rate.

Dr. Rodney McKay wonders why they haven't done it before, to which Beckett simply responds that it is legal in the Pegasus Galaxy (Stargate).

McKay volunteers to be the first human trial. The treatment was successful. It enabled McKay to research Ancient technology, and also to pilot Ancient Puddle Jumpers. (SG1: "Lost City, Part 2", "It's Good to Be King", Rising (Stargate Atlantis), Hide and Seek (Stargate Atlantis), Enemy at the Gate (Stargate Atlantis)

Humans possessing the ATA gene naturally
 * Lt. General Jack O'Neill (SG1: "Lost City, Part 2")
 * Lt. Colonel John Sheppard Rising (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Dr. Carson Beckett Rising (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Dr. Beckett's clone Enemy at the Gate (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Sgt. Markham Thirty-Eight Minutes (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Dr. Miko Kusanagi The Gift (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Joe Spencer (SG1: "Citizen Joe")
 * Major Evan Lorne Condemned (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Harmony Harmony (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Harmony's mother Harmony (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Flora Harmony (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Mardola Harmony (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Lord Protector The Tower (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Mara The Tower (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Tavius The Tower (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Captain Hugh Griffin Grace Under Pressure (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Dr. Carolyn Lam (Stargate SG-1: Moebius Squared)
 * Dr. Eva Robinson Legacy: Homecoming (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Dr. Peter Grodin Rising (Stargate Atlantis)

Races possessing the ATA gene Naturally
 * The Ancients
 * Arxanti (Ancient descendants) (SG1: "The Cost of Honor")
 * Dalerans (Ancient descendants) The Chosen (Stargate Atlantis)

By Tau'ri gene therapy
 * Dr. Rodney McKay Hide and Seek (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Colonel Dillon Everett The Siege, Part 2 (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Some of Col. Everett's troops The Siege, Part 2 (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Lt. Morrison Misbegotten (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Otho Stargate_Atlantis_(season_2)
 * Marie Legacy: Homecoming (Stargate Atlantis)
 * Lt. Colonel Melissa Hocken Allegiance (Stargate Atlantis)

Devices Controlled by the ATA gene
 * Atlantis base
 * Throne Chair
 * Puddle Jumpers
 * Personal shield (Hide and seek)
 * Life signs detector
 * Ancient Communication Stones (Citizen Joe)
 * Ancient Communication Terminal
 * Ancient Defense Weapon
 * Ancient Repository
 * Ancient Spacecraft
 * Ancient Time Travel Device