Linking to the Gene Expression Atlas

You can link directly to information about the expression of genes in the Atlas using certain gene identifiers and Gene Ontology (GO) terms in a URL link. The gene identifiers that can be used include Ensembl, EMBL/GenBank, UniGene, UniProt and RefSeq identifiers. The complete list of identifiers and terms that can be used can be found in the following text file: gene_identifiers.txt.

The format of a URL link to the Atlas is as follows:

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/microarray-as/atlas/gene?gid=identifier

If the identifier matches one single gene (e.g. ENSMUSG00000000701) then the gene view page for the gene will be returned. This provides a one-page summary of Atlas information about a given gene. See the gene view help section for more information.

If the identifier matches more than one gene (e.g. GO:0032094) then a heat map view of the results for all the genes that link to the identifier will be shown. See the heat map view help section for more information.

For information about creating complex queries of the Atlas programmatically see the Atlas programmatic access help page, and for general help querying the Atlas see the Atlas help page.