Closed PWSmit closed 6 years ago
Hi @PWSmit,
I don't think there is a way to pass variable seq_start
and seq_stop
values for a set of IDs, so the solution you've come up with might be the best you can do.
If you get yourself an API key and set it then rentrez will be a little bit faster than without the key. Of course, if the sequences are not huge, the other option is to download the full-length sequences then chop them up after downloading them.
Sorry I can't provide a better solution!
OK many thanks for your feedback!
Hi Entrez team!
Is it possible to download sequences for a list of IDs with each their own seq_start and stop data? I would like to download a specific subset of DNA sequences of multiple IDs for further analysis.
I apply the following function (partly copied from somewhere..) but doesn't work ideal;
entrez <- function(a,b,c) entrez_fetch(db="nuccore", id= as.vector(a),seq_start = as.vector(b), seq_stop = as.vector(c), rettype="fasta") blast_sequence <- apply(dataset[,c('gi','start', 'end')], MARGIN= 1, function(y) entrez(y['gi'],y['start'], y['end']))
Would there be a better option that would comply with the NCBI restrictions?
Many thanks for super useful package!
Pieter