<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Ensembl,<div><br></div><div>I've run across a number of examples of hyphenated entrez gene identifiers in xref tables, starting back in release 72, for example:<div><br></div><div>rattus_norvegicus_core_72_5</div><div><br></div><div><div>+---------+----------------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+</div><div>| xref_id | external_db_id | dbprimary_acc | display_label | version | description | info_type | info_text |</div><div>+---------+----------------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+</div><div>| 576085 | 1300 | 288264 | Ifnar1 | 0 | interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 1 | DEPENDENT | |</div><div>+---------+----------------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+</div><div><div>| 1143738 | 1300 | 288264-201 | Ifnar1-201 | 0 | interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 1 | MISC | via gene name |</div><div>+---------+----------------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------+---------------+</div></div><div><br></div><div>The first result is accurate, but the second one is apparently manufactored. This entry breaks a number of downstream uses for xrefs, since the "-201" is not part of the official ID format for Entrez gene, for example.</div><div><br></div><div>What are these? Are you planning on keeping these around in future xref tables?</div><div><br></div><div>And how would you recommend avoiding these in xref queries using the Perl API? Here's my current Perl psuedocode:</div><div><br></div><div>$gene->get_all_DBLinks();</div><div>foreach my $dbe (@$db_entries) {</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>if ($dbe->dbname() =~ /^\'EntrezGene\'$/){</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>//Collect xref associated with $gene</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>}</div><div>}</div> </div><div>What other filters or checks should I do to exclude the manufactored identifiers associated with your Entrez Gene records?<br><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>- Alex</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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