Developers MINT Data si available through the PSICQUIC Web Service: SOAP: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/psicquic/mint/webservices/psicquic REST: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/psicquic/mint/webservices/current/search/ REST example Query Syntax The Molecular Interactions Query Language (MIQL) defines a way to allow more powerful and flexible queries by using a specific syntax when doing searches. If we have a common way to access the data (PSICQUIC), we need a common way to write the search queries. In most cases, searches are done for a specific identifier or group of identifiers. However, the service is not limited to these. For instance, there are ways to search for specific organisms, interaction detection methods or publication identifiers. The MIQL defines how these kind of queries can be done. MIQL is a consensus between the different databases, so you should be able to use the same query across different repositories. It is based on the PSIMITAB 2.5 format and allows to search for data in specific columns, by using the fields explained in the next section. The MIQL syntax is based on Lucene’s syntax. A query is broken into terms and operators: Terms: single words or phrases (group of words surrounded by quotes). E.g. brca2 or "pull down" Fields: used to search in a specific column. See the next section for the specific field names. E.g. species:human Term modifiers: wildcard searches, fuzzy searches, proximity and range searches. E.g. brc* Operands: OR (or space), AND, NOT, +, -. E.g. brca2 AND rpa1 or brca2 NOT mouse or +brca2 –mouse Grouping and field grouping: brca2 AND ( mouse "in vitro" ) IMPORTANT: When using parenthesis in your queries, please add a space after and opening parenthesis and before a closing one, since some PSICQUIC implementations need it for correct parenthesis recognition. The following table shows the available standard fields that can be used in PSICQUIC searches: Field Name Searches on MITAB 2.5 Columns Example idA Identifier A 1 idA:P74565 idB Identifier B 2 idB:P74565 id Identifiers (A or B) 1..4 id:P74565 alias Aliases (A or B) 5, 6 alias:( KHDRBS1 OR HCK ) identifier Identifiers (A or B) or Aliases (A or B) 1..6 identifier:P74565 pubauth Publication 1st author(s) 8 pubauth:scott pubid Publication Identifier(s) 9 pubid:( 10837477 OR 12029088 ) taxidA Tax ID interactor A: be it the tax ID or the species name 10 taxidA:mouse taxidB Tax ID interactor B: be it the tax ID or species name 11 taxidB:9606 species Species. Tax ID A and Tax ID B 10, 11 species:human type Interaction type(s) 12 type:"physical association" detmethod Interaction Detection method(s) 7 detmethod:"two hybrid*" source Interaction source(s) 13 psi-mi:"MI:0469"(intact) interaction_id Interaction identifier(s) 14 interaction_id:EBI-761050
