locuslinkByID            package:annotate            R Documentation

_A _f_u_n_c_t_i_o_n _t_o _o_p_e_n _t_h_e _b_r_o_w_s_e_r _t_o _L_o_c_u_s_l_i_n_k _w_i_t_h _t_h_e _s_e_l_e_c_t_e_d _g_e_n_e.

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Given one or more Locuslink accession numbers the browser is given
     a URL to query for that _gene_.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     locuslinkByID(..., lladdress="LocusLink/", browse=TRUE)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     ...: The LocusLink accession numbers. 

lladdress: The subdirectory off of the NCBI site for LocusLink. 

  browse: If 'TRUE', will open the URL in a web browser

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     A simple function to open the appropriate web page in the users
     browser.  If the user supplies more then one accession number, the
     other results will be accessible through the LocusLink page under
     the "View" pulldown menu on the page.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     If 'browse' is 'TRUE', the user's web browser is directed to that
     URL. The URL is returned.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeff Gentry

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'genbank' 'pubmed' 'locuslinkQuery'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       if( interactive() )
           locuslinkByID(7531,9025,2315)