[ensembl-dev] Some general questions about ensembl's data and REST-Api
Fin Swimmer
ensembl at need-login.de
Tue Feb 23 10:05:36 GMT 2016
Hello,
i have some general questions about ensembl's data and some concerning
the REST-Api.
1. The human sequences in ensembl are based on GRCh38. So can I be sure,
that the sequence for a specific region will be stable as long as
ensembl uses GRCh38? Or can there be minor changes in sequence or
counting the position over the time?
2. I found out that for some genes there are no entries under external
references for the diseases linked to gene to omim ("MIM morbid"). E.g.
BRCA2 or FBN1. Why?
3. Is there a way via REST-Api to find out on which arm of the
chromosome a gene is located? I fear not, because I cannot find this
information on the ensembl webpage as well.
4. Is there a reason why I cannot receive information about the
translation, if I use the lookup/id endpoint for a transcript id, but
for a gene id I can?
Thanks for a reply.
fin swimmer
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