[Genome] Question on gene length information retrieval

[Brooke Rhead]

Hi Kangyu,

Can you clarify a couple of things?  Do you have only a single gene to 
look at, or a list of several genes?  Also, I'm not sure which NCBI gene 
ID you are referring to.  Can you give an example?  Also, do you already 
have a corresponding track in mind from which to retrieve the 
information (like UCSC Genes, RefSeq Genes, etc.)?

Thanks. This will help us answer your questions.

--
Brooke Rhead
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


Kangyu Zhang wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
>  
> 
>   We are interested in retrieving the human gene length information from the
> UCSC genome browser. In particular, for an NCBI gene id identifier (refseq
> identifier NP_ or NM_ are good too, but that's not one to one mapping
> because of alternative splicing), retrieve its protein sequence length, mRNA
> length (total exon length), number of exon, and the total length of this
> gene on the genome (including the intron length). 
> 
>  
> 
>   Could you help figure out the way to retrieve the above information via
> the UCSC genome browser? 
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Kangyu Zhang
> 
>  
> 
> Department of Bioinformatics
> 
> Genentech, Inc.
> 
> 1 DNA Way, MS 93
> 
> South San Francisco, CA 94080
> 
>  
> 
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