Record Type

&rettype

&retmode

All Databases

Document summary

docsum

xml, default

List of UIDs in XML

uilist

xml

List of UIDs in plain text

uilist

text

db = bioproject

Full record XML

xml, default

xml, default

db = biosample

Full record XML

full, default

xml, default

Full record text

full, default

text

db = gds

Summary

summary, default

text, default

db = gene

text ASN.1

null

asn.1, default

XML

null

xml

Gene table

gene_table

text

db = homologene

text ASN.1

null

asn.1, default

XML

null

xml

Alignment scores

alignmentscores

text

FASTA

fasta

text

HomoloGene

homologene

text

db = mesh

Full record

full, default

text, default

db = nlmcatalog

Full record

null

text, default

XML

null

xml

db = nuccore, protein or popset

text ASN.1

null

text, default

binary ASN.1

null

asn.1

Full record in XML

native

xml

Accession number(s)

acc

text

FASTA

fasta

text

TinySeq XML

fasta

xml

SeqID string

seqid

text

Additional options for db = nuccore or popset

GenBank flat file

gb

text

GBSeq XML

gb

xml

INSDSeq XML

gbc

xml

Additional option for db = nuccore and protein

Feature table

ft

text

Additional option for db = nuccore

GenBank flat file with full sequence (contigs)

gbwithparts

text

CDS nucleotide FASTA

fasta_cds_na

text

CDS protein FASTA

fasta_cds_aa

text

Additional options for db = protein

GenPept flat file

gp

text

GBSeq XML

gp

xml

INSDSeq XML

gpc

xml

Identical Protein XML

ipg

xml

db = pmc

XML

null

xml, default

MEDLINE

medline

text

db = pubmed

XML

null

xml, default

MEDLINE

medline

text

PMID list

uilist

text

Abstract

abstract

text

db = sequences

text ASN.1

null

text, default

Accession number(s)

acc

text

FASTA

fasta

text

SeqID string

seqid

text

db = snp

text ASN.1

null

asn.1, default

XML

null

xml

Flat file

flt

text

FASTA

fasta

text

RS Cluster report

rsr

text

SS Exemplar list

ssexemplar

text

Chromosome report

chr

text

Summary

docset

text

UID list

uilist

text or xml

db = sra

XML

full, default

xml, default

db = taxonomy

XML

null

xml, default

TaxID list

uilist

text or xml

db = clinvar

ClinVar Set

clinvarset

xml, default

UID list

uilist

text or xml

db = gtr

GTR Test Report

gtracc

xml, default