locuslinkByID            package:annotate            R Documentation

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_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 \em{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 found is returned if 'browse' is 'FALSE'.

_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)

