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NCBI Gene Lookup — Genomics API for Pharma R&D

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NCBI Gene Lookup — Genomics API for Pharma R&D

Search NCBI Gene via E-utilities. Returns gene symbol, full name, chromosome location, map locus, aliases, OMIM ID, organism and functional summary.

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NCBI Gene Database Scraper

Search the NCBI Gene database via E-utilities. Returns structured gene records including symbol, full name, chromosome location, map locus, aliases, OMIM ID, and functional summary — for any organism.

Features

  • E-utilities esearch + esummary pipeline (same infrastructure as PubMed)
  • Filter by organism (default: Homo sapiens, supports any NCBI taxonomy name)
  • Wildcard search: BRCA* matches BRCA1, BRCA2, etc.
  • Returns chromosomal coordinates (accession, start, stop, exon count)
  • Includes OMIM cross-reference where available
  • No API key required

Input

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
geneNamestring✅—Gene symbol or name, e.g. BRCA1 or insulin receptor
organismstringHomo sapiensOrganism filter (NCBI taxonomy name)
maxResultsinteger50Max gene records (1–5,000)

Output

{
"geneId":"672",
"symbol":"BRCA1",
"fullName":"BRCA1 DNA repair associated",
"chromosome":"17",
"location":"17q21.31",
"aliases":["BRCAI","BRCC1","IRIS","PNCA4","RNF53"],
"organism":"Homo sapiens",
"summary":"This gene encodes a nuclear phosphoprotein that plays a role in maintaining genomic stability and acts as a tumor suppressor...",
"omimId":"113705",
"chrAccession":"NC_000017.11",
"chrStart":43044294,
"chrStop":43170245,
"exonCount":24,
"url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/672"
}

Use Cases

1. Cancer Gene Panel Annotation

A molecular diagnostics company builds an annotation pipeline for a targeted NGS panel: they input 300 cancer-related gene names and retrieve chromosomal coordinates, OMIM IDs and functional descriptions for all of them in minutes.

2. Pharmacogenomics Database

A research group building a drug-gene interaction database scrapes NCBI Gene for all genes involved in drug metabolism (e.g. CYP* wildcard) — getting aliases, chromosome locations and summaries as seed data.

3. Medical Genetics Education

A genetics professor generates weekly problem sets by querying genes related to the lecture topic (e.g. collagen) and exporting the results as a structured dataset for students to analyze chromosomal distribution and disease associations.

Data Source

NCBI Gene E-utilities API — NCBI/NIH, no API key required (rate-limited at 3 req/sec).

Pricing

Pay-per-result. 100 genes ≈ $0.50–$1.00.

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