[Biopython] how to find closest genes for a given location

[Peter]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Sameet Mehta <msameet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have multiple locations from human genomes.  I want to determine
> what are the closest genes on either side of the location, and if it
> is in the location how far from the TSS the given location is.  I was
> thinking of using the CCDS database, because it contains information
> for the genes that have been verified.  Is there any other
> better/smarter way of doing it.
>
> all help is appreciated,
> Sameet

That would probably work fine. I would have tried downloading
the chromosomes as GenBank files, and searching the CDS
or gene features by location (which would all be offline).

Peter