Finding gene function for several genes

Question

[Paula Sanchez]

Dear all, I have a list with more than 300 genes that I need to search for their functions in sheep and in other species. I am currently searching one by one in the NCBI website. Is there a way to automate this? Any suggestion would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

[5heikki]

There is almost certainly a way to automate this. However, you have to be more specific. What does your list look like? Gene names? GI numbers? Please post a few examples. What is your desired output like? Again, perhaps you could provide examples of desired output?

Answer 1

[Emily]

Have you tried BioMart? See help video. Filter by your list of IDs and get GO terms as attributes.

[ebrown1955]

How often are these databases updated?