[ensembl-dev] Getting >1 stable IDs from HGNC symbols

[mag]

Hi Christian,

The method 'fetch_by_display_label' will return the gene matching a 
particular gene symbol, excluding any gene symbols.


Regards,
Magali

On 04/08/2015 12:06, Christian Cole (Staff) wrote:
>
> When using the $geneAdaptor->fetch_all_by_external_name($name,'HGNC') 
> method I'm getting all synonym matches as well so it's returning 
> several ensembl stable IDs for unrelated genes. E.g. searching FLG 
> (Filaggrin, ENSG00000143631) also returns FGFR1 (ENSG00000077782). The 
> order they are returned also varies with different versions of the API.
>
> How can I avoid hitting synonyms or is there a more reliable way to 
> get the correct ensembl stable ID given an HGNC gene name?
>
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