NCBI : Obtain "gene symbol" and fasta sequence from locus_tag list

Question

[fanny.marquer]

Hi,

i have a list of locus_tag such as CGI_10028029 and i would like to obtain gene and fasta sequence for each locus_tag. i don't know how to do it automatically.

Thanks

Answer 1

[Sej Modha]

You can use NCBI unix e-utils.

esearch -db gene -query "CGI_10028029"|elink -target nuccore|efetch -format fasta