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This page documents search queries as understood by our xapian search engine (aka "the global search").
General xapian search query syntax is documented on the xapian website.
https://getting-started-with-xapian.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/search/queryparser.html
The specifics of GeneNetwork's use of xapian differs slightly in the choice of prefixes and special syntax such as the synteny search. The examples below may help to illustrate it.
Search for the term "cytochrome" in the free text.
cytochrome
Search for the term "cytochrome" and the term "P450" in the free text. Only results that have both are shown.
cytochrome AND P450
Search for occurrences of the term "cytochrome" near the term "P450" in the free text.
cytochrome NEAR P450
Search for the term "cytochrome" in the free text but exclude results that have the term "P450".
cytochrome -P450 cytochrome NOT P450
Search for results pertaining to the human species.
species:human
Search for results pertaining to the BXD group.
group:BXD
Search for results pertaining to chromosome 11.
chr:11
Search for results pertaining to the BXD group and chromosome 11.
group:BXD AND chr:11
Search for results with mean between 5 and 7.
mean:5..7
Search for results with mean less than 5.
mean:..5
Search for results with mean greater than 7.
mean:7..
Search for results near (+/- 50 kbases) base 9930021 of chromosome 4 of the human species and syntenic locations in other species.
Hs:chr4:9930021
Search for results near (+/- 50 kbases) base 9930021 of chromosome 4 of the human species and syntenic locations in mouse alone.
Hs:chr4:9930021 species:mouse
Search for results between base 9130000 and 9980000 of chromosome 4 of the human species and syntenic locations in mouse alone.
Hs:chr4:9130000..9980000 species:mouse
Alternatively, this same query may be expressed using kilo or mega suffixes.
Hs:chr4:9130k..9980k species:mouse Hs:chr4:9.13M..9.98M species:mouse