Gene/Region

Purpose of Search

Retrieve data related to genes and genomic regions.

Base URL

http://www.gwascentral.org/generegion/[search-type]*

*possible [search-type] options are studies, phenotypes or markers

In addition to the common Search parameters, markers also have the following additional parameters:

Parameter Description Optional/Required Allowed values
fpf 5′ flank region downstream of gene Optional (default is 0) 1000, 5000, 10000, 50000, 100000, 500000, 1000000
tpf 3′ flank region upstream of gene Optional (default is 0) 1000, 5000, 10000, 50000, 100000, 500000, 1000000
page Page of results to retrieve Optional (default is 1) Depends on number of results
page_size Size of results page to retrieve Optional (default is 50) 20, 50 or 100

Examples

Search for all markers in gene ADAM19, return Excel format:

http://www.gwascentral.org/generegion/markers?q=ADAM19&l=all&format=excel

Search for studies with -log p-values >= 6 mentioning gene BRCA1 in keywords, return JSON format:

http://www.gwascentral.org/studies?q=BRCA1&t=6&format=json

Search for phenotypes with -log p-values >= 6 containing association data in gene DMD, return JSON format:

http://www.gwascentral.org/generegion/phenotypes?q=DMD&t=6&format=json