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author: einar
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comments: true
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date: 2007-11-15 19:57:16+00:00
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layout: page
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slug: gene-identifiers
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title: Gene identifiers
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wordpress_id: 336
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categories:
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- Science
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tags:
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- annotation
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- bioinformatics
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- microarray
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- python
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While working today on an annotation class in Python I stumbled on a problem. Normally I work with lists of genes that are consistent, i.e. all Entrez Gene IDs (or RefSeq IDs, or Genome Browser IDs...), but today I had a list of mixed identifiers.
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The subsequent idea was "let's implement auto-detection of common identifiers in the class". The problem is... is there any actual documentation on how identifiers are made? So far, using regular expressions, I've tracked down a few:
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* RefSeq
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* GenBank
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* Entrez Gene
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* UCSC Genome Browser
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* Ensembl
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However, I have no idea if I have implemented all types of these IDs. Does anyone know a place where to look these information up?
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(On a related note: my thesis defense will be on January 14th, 2008, so I have to get the printing going)
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