mygene

mygene provides programmatic access to aggregated gene annotation data to support integrative genomic and bioinformatic analyses.

Key Features:

• Extensive Species Coverage: Supports over 14,000 species encompassing more than 17 million genes.
• Diverse Annotation Types: Aggregates over 50 types of gene-specific annotations.
• Web Service Endpoints: Exposes two web service endpoints that enable high-performance querying for large-volume and real-time access.
• Scalable Infrastructure: Implements scalable infrastructure supporting high concurrency and high performance.
• Data Aggregation from Repositories: Aggregates annotations from repositories including NCBI Entrez, Ensembl, UniProt, and others.

Scientific Applications:

• Integrated Annotation Retrieval: Provides unified gene annotation records compiled from multiple repositories for integrative analyses.
• High-Throughput and Real-Time Processing: Supports real-time data access and high-throughput processing in analysis pipelines via high-performance endpoints.
• Cross-Species and Comparative Analyses: Enables cross-species genomic and comparative analyses across its coverage of over 14,000 species.

Methodology:

Aggregates gene annotations from repositories such as NCBI Entrez, Ensembl, UniProt, and others, and exposes them via two high-performance web service endpoints.