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How to extract data of refGene Database from UCSC browser using python or perl?

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updated 5.4 years ago by GenoMax

• written 5.4 years ago by Bala Hatun •

You could download the data via the ftp page

https://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenpath/hg38/database/refGene.txt.gz https://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenpath/hg19/database/refGene.txt.gz

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written 5.4 years ago by desouzareis.r

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BioEntrez package in biopython : https://biopython.org/docs/1.75/api/Bio.Entrez.html
Examples of Perl code: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25498/

You could simply use EntrezDirect, the command line program.

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written 5.4 years ago by GenoMax

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