Bioinformatics Accessing NCBI Databases and Tools with Biopython [Entrez]

In Day 2 of 12 days of Biopython, I am going to show you how to access and query NCBI's databases using Biopython which provides an interface to Entrez, a data retrieval system. I am going to show you how to get a list of all databases available through Entrez and how to seach and fetch specific records. I will also show you how to query nucleotide databases to find a sequence of a specific gene from a specific organism. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:25 What is NCBI? 0:50 What is Entrez 0:55 Rules and tips when accessing NCBI databases 1:32 Setting up connection with Entrez 1:53 Get list of databases accessible via Entrez - einfo() 2:42 Description of problem 3:05 Entrez esearch() 4:45 Entrez efetch() 6:15 Learn more about accessing NCBI databases with Biopython 6:27 Outro You can link to the Github code connected to accessing NCBI databases here. My videos are aimed at everyone interested in Computer Science applications in biology. The mission is to simplify Bioinformatics concepts, one video at a time! Follow me on Twitter.