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NCBI E-utilities

Gene, ClinVar, dbSNP, Taxonomy, Nucleotide, Protein, PMC and other NCBI databases.

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About this source

Entrez search and document summaries across NCBI databases. Ask for a gene’s ClinVar variants, a taxon’s lineage, a protein accession or a PubMed Central id set, then summarise the hits.

Questions you can ask NCBI E-utilities

Type them into Kahubi’s chat once the source is connected.

Look up a gene or protein and list its database identifiers and known pathways.

What comes back: Entries with accessions you can open at the source.

What the assistant can do with it

The 2 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • ncbi_search

    Search an NCBI database with Entrez syntax (e.g.

  • ncbi_summary

    Document summaries for up to 50 ids in one database (title/description, organism, location, clinical significance …).

Good to know

  • Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
  • Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
  • Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to NCBI E-utilities.

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