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'Entrez' in R

v1.2.4 · Jun 11, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Description

Provides an R interface to the NCBI's 'EUtils' API, allowing users to search databases like 'GenBank' <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/> and 'PubMed' <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>, process the results of those searches and pull data into their R sessions.

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Reverse Dependencies (22)

depends

Map2NCBI

imports

DeSciDe LBDiscover MACER ORscraper biolink blastar covid19.analytics fanyi geneHummus pubmedR puremoe read.gb refdb refseqR restez rotl

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BoSSA PACVr idiogramFISH openalexR searchAnalyzeR

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies XML httr jsonlite Map2NCBI DeSciDe LBDiscover MACER ORscraper biolink blastar covid19.analytics fanyi geneHummus pubmedR puremoe read.gb refdb refseqR +7 more reverse deps rentrez

Version History

new 1.2.4 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.2.4 ← 1.2.3 diff Jun 10, 2025
updated 1.2.3 ← 1.2.2 diff Nov 9, 2020
updated 1.2.2 ← 1.2.1 diff May 1, 2019
updated 1.2.1 ← 1.2.0 diff Mar 4, 2018
updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.0 diff Feb 11, 2018
updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.4 diff May 31, 2017
updated 1.0.4 ← 1.0.2 diff Oct 25, 2016
updated 1.0.2 ← 1.0.1 diff Apr 20, 2016
updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Feb 28, 2016
updated 1.0.0 ← 0.4.2 diff Sep 22, 2015
updated 0.4.2 ← 0.4.1 diff Jun 25, 2015
updated 0.4.1 ← 0.4 diff Mar 2, 2015
updated 0.4 ← 0.3.1 diff Feb 8, 2015
updated 0.3.1 ← 0.3 diff Sep 23, 2014
updated 0.3 ← 0.2.4 diff Sep 22, 2014
updated 0.2.4 ← 0.2.3 diff May 14, 2014
updated 0.2.3 ← 0.1.1 diff Mar 4, 2014
new 0.1.1 Aug 19, 2013