[Bioperl-l] Gene/protein ID synonyms

[Boris Steipe]

Gabriel -

The seqhound remote API should have the functions you need.
See  
<http://www.blueprint.org/seqhound/api_help/seqhound_help_guides.html>

Regards,

Boris

> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Gabriel Berriz wrote:
>
>> One recurrent headache for much of our bioinformatics development  
>> comes from the fact that for most model organisms any one gene or  
>> protein can be identified by several different IDs (e.g. for yeast  
>> genes one has common names, ORF names, SGD IDs, etc.).  We want to  
>> give users the option to refer to genes and proteins according to as  
>> many standards as possible, which means that our software has to be  
>> able to translate between all these standards and its own internal  
>> representation.  Moreover, this translation facility has to keep pace  
>> with updates to the source databases.
>>
>> Are there Bioperl modules to deal with this problem?  If not, what  
>> would be a better mailing list or forum to enquire about available  
>> solutions to this problem?  I am aware of SRS, which some people find  
>> very useful for this kind of translation, but I'd like to learn more  
>> about what else is out there.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Gabriel
>>
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