UniGeneQuery {annotate} | R Documentation

## 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 SID

### 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).

### Value

A character vector containing the query string.

### Note

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

### Author(s)

Robert Gentleman

### References

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

### See Also

`locuslinkQuery`

### Examples

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

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