lookup_symbol: Retrieve information about a sequence via gene symbol and...
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Retrieve information about a sequence via gene symbol and species

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`symbol`	character, gene symbol(s) from which to retreive information.
`species`	character, species from which to retreieve information. See `info_species` for a list of avaliable species. Defaults to homo_sapiens
`format,`	character, type of record to return either 'full' or 'condensed'
`return_format,`	character method by which record is returned. Defaults to `json`
`symbol`	logical, if `TRUE` return information about transcripts/proteins associated with these record. Defaults to `FALSE`

lhttp://rest.ensembl.org/documentation/info/symbol_lookup

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human_brca <- lookup_symbol("BRCA2")
chimp_brca <- lookup_symbol("BRCA2", species="ptro")
chimp_brca_expanded <- lookup_symbol("BRCA2", species="ptro", expand=TRUE)