[BioPython] Querying Entrez Gene - Use EUtils
Srinivas Iyyer
srini_iyyer_bio at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 9 02:03:45 UTC 2006
Hello,
Previously, I used to download those flat files from
NCBI ftp site.
In fact, the most powerful 'nukes' created by NCBI
staff to query Entrez named 'eUtils' are under
utilized.
I suggest you to take a look at :
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/eutils_help.html
I tried Dalke's Eutils module. There appears to be
some (problem) with the modules, although some of the
other examples worked.
I wish Andrew Dalke or other elders of BioPython help
us more by making it more clear. Andrew himself wrote
that he does not have time to make it better. I wish I
am a better programmer to help him.
If not try using SOAP to query Entrez.
--- Luca Beltrame <luca.beltrame at unimi.it> wrote:
> Hello.
> I'm currently in need of querying the Entrez Gene
> database using a list of IDs
> I have. After searching in the Biopython
> documentation, I have found no
> indication of whether that is possible or not.
> Is there a way to query NCBI's Entrez Gene database?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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