entrezGeneQuery           package:annotate           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     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.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     entrezGeneQuery(query)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

   query: The UniGene identifiers. 

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Using NCBI we construct an appropriate string for directing a web
     browser to information about genes of that type at NCBI.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A character vector containing the query string.

_N_o_t_e:

     Be very careful about automatically querying this resource. It is
     considered antisocial behavior by the owners.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Marc Carlson

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     NCBI, <URL: http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/>

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       q1<-entrezGeneQuery(c("leukemia", "Homo sapiens"))
       q1
       if( interactive())
         browseURL(q1[1])

