Search
Searches through descriptions on ENSEMBL using free-form search terms.
Arguments
| Name | Short | Long | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database | -d | --database | Name of Ensembl database to use. |
| Species | -s | --species | Species used in database [default: homo_sapiens] |
| Database Type | -t | --db-type | Database type specified by Ensembl [default: core] |
| Release | -r | --release | release version number to use for database |
| Assembly | -a | --assembly | Assembly to use for species [default: 38] |
| Output | -o | --output | optional filepath to write output to [default=stdout] |
Command Line Interface
# searches Ensembl for all genes with `clathrin` in the description
ggetrs search clathrin
# searches Ensembl for all genes with `clathrin` OR `heavy` in the description
ggetrs search clathrin heavy
# searchs Ensembl for all genes with `clathrin heavy` in the description
ggetrs search "clathrin heavy"
Python
import ggetrs
# searches Ensembl for all genes with `clathrin` in the description
ggetrs.search(["clathrin"])
# searches Ensembl for all genes with `clathrin` or `heavy` in the description
ggetrs.search(["clathrin", "heavy"])
# searchs Ensembl for all genes with `clathrin heavy` in the description
ggetrs.search(["clathrin heavy"])