Select Species In David Api

Question

[ncl.lazzarini]

I'm trying to using David API in order to perfom an enrichment analysis on a gene set. I tried to modify a bit the example posted on the website by changing the type of IDs and using GENE_SYMBOL. So I defined this query:

http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/api.jsp?type=GENE_SYMBOL&ids=DUSP1,PSMD2,EIF4A1,RHOC,APEX1,PRKAR1A,UQCRC1,PABPC1,ZFP36L2,EIF4G1&tool=chartReport&annot=GOTERM_BP_FAT,GOTERM_CC_FAT,GOTERM_MF_FAT,INTERPRO,PIR_SUPERFAMILY,SMART,BBID,BIOCARTA,KEGG_PATHWAY,COG_ONTOLOGY,SP_PIR_KEYWORDS,UP_SEQ_FEATURE,GENETIC_ASSOCIATION_DB_DISEASE,OMIM_DISEASE'

As results I obtained the enrichment analysis using the "Macaca Mulata" as background list. Is it possible to specify the background species using the API. I had a look at the API web page but I didn't find anything.

Answer 1

[Devon Ryan]

Just use the webservice, which has a setCurrentSpecies operation. They have clients for perl, python, java, and matlab. That should generally provide much better functionality for you.