Create a Query String for Entrez Genes
Given a set of search terms this function creates a set of URLs that an be used to either open a browser to the requested location or that can be used as anchors in the construction of HTML output.
entrezGeneQuery(query)
query |
The UniGene identifiers. |
Using NCBI we construct an appropriate string for directing a web browser to information about genes of that type at NCBI.
A character vector containing the query string.
Be very careful about automatically querying this resource. It is considered antisocial behavior by the owners.
Marc Carlson
q1<-entrezGeneQuery(c("leukemia", "Homo sapiens"))
q1
if( interactive())
browseURL(q1[1])Please choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.