hgnc-queries 0.0.1

Make HGNC queries for gene symbols

hgnc_queries.py

Query HGNC for gene symbols.
Created to attempt to rescue old gene symbols because of an old excel "database" that had to be converted in a Django database

Installation

pip install hgnc_queries

Examples:

Use HGNC api to get:

# Get new symbol
python hgnc_queries.py new_symbol $gene

# Get aliases of given symbol
python hgnc_queries.py alias $gene

# Get main symbol of alias
python hgnc_queries.py main_symbol $gene

# Get previous symbol
python hgnc_queries.py prev_symbol $gene

# Get genes starting with
python hgnc_queries.py gene $gene

# Get HGNC id of given symbol
python hgnc_queries.py id $gene

# Get symbol of given id
python hgnc_queries.py id2symbol $gene_id