There is an extensive API for the ensembl data, but it's a bit of a learning curve.
Perhaps this is an easier way to get at their sixway primate alignment:
Main site http://www.ensembl.org/index.html
-> links to http://www.ensembl.org/downloads.html
-> links to http://www.ensembl.org/info/data/ftp/index.html
There, the EMF link leads to:
ftp://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-66/emf/ensembl-compara/epo_6_primate
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(chromosome 11 is there, too)
The emf format is explained in a readme in that directory.
(if you prefer to get your stuff via the urls, make sure you give ample waiting times between the retrievals (i.e.: sleep 20, or whatever duration ensembl requests: it will be in their API's documentation ) or you risk being banned from ensembl servers.)
(BTW, it's EnsEMBL, without the -e. See EMBL) |