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NCBI query: how to find gid from locus?

Hi guys, I'm currently have a buntch of locus information(with prefix NM_) and I want retrieve their sequence information from NCBI. As far as I know NCBI's api (like Biopython.Entrez) only support queries by gid,and I did a lot of searches but found no solution of getting to know a gid from its locus. Could anyone help me with this?

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updated by Jenez Jenez • written by weiduan93 • weiduan93

Thanks everyone! I was soooooooo stupid that I thought the 'id' parameter of Biopython.Entrez.efetch should be passed as the gid only, but just now I tried the locus ID and succeeded TUT

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written by weiduan93 • weiduan93

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Have you tried NCBI e-utils?

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written by Sej Modha Sej Modha

Just so you know; NCBI are phasing out the usage of GI's in September.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/news/03-02-2016-phase-out-of-GI-numbers/

Use Accession.Version instead.

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written by Jenez Jenez

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