Gene synonyms/aliases - Is there a way to collect them programmatically

Question

[BioinfGuru]

Hi all,

I have a list of transcription factors (TF). For each TF, I use RSImed to text mine pubmed for available publications on that TF. This involves entering the TF name as a search term. However, most TFs have been known by many aliases e.g. TEAD4.

So I have to manually enter each alias for a comprehensive search. Is there a way to get all known aliases for a gene name so that I can pass this list in a for loop to speed this process up?

EDIT: I've found the following posts extremely informative: biostars1, biostars2, biostars3, biostars4 (from mbyvcm)

Thank you all,

Kenneth

Answer 1

[BioinfGuru]

I've actually found an R package that does everything I need:

geneSynonym

Answer 2

[christopher medway]

This post may be of use to you

[BioinfGuru]

thank you for that Ive added that link above