annotate (version 1.50.0)

UniGeneQuery: Create a Query String for a UniGene Identifier

Description

Given a set of UniGene identifiers 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.

Usage

UniGeneQuery(query, UGaddress="UniGene/", type="CID")

Arguments

query

The UniGene identifiers.

UGaddress

The address of UniGene, within the NCBI repository.

type

What type of object is being asked for; eithe CID or UGID

Value

A character vector containing the query string.

Details

Using published details from NCBI we construct an appropriate string for directing a web browser to the information available at the NCBI for that genomic product (usually an EST).

References

NCBI, http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/

Examples

  q1<-UniGeneQuery(c("Hs.293970", "Hs.155650"))
  q1
  if( interactive())
    browseURL(q1[1])