SOAPを使わず、EBIのCGIを利用してもデータを取得できる。

EBI.WebClientクラス

using System;
using System.Net;
namespace EBI
{
    public class WebClient
    {
        private const string ERROR_KEYWORD = "Error Information";
        private const string FETCH_URL= "http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dbfetch?db={0}&id={1}&format={2}&style={3}";
        private System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();
        public WebClient(){}
 
        /// Fetch entry with default settings.
        public string FetchEntry(string db, string id)
        {
            try
            {
                string result = wc.DownloadString(string.Format(FETCH_URL, db, id, "default", "default"));
                if (result.Contains(ERROR_KEYWORD))
                    return null;
                return result;
            }
            catch (NotSupportedException nse) { throw nse; }
            catch (WebException we) { throw we; }
        }
    }
}

/// 呼び出しテスト
///
public void FetchEntryTest()
{
    EBI.WebClient wc = new EBI.WebClient();
    string result = wc.FetchEntry("ensembltranscript", "ENST00000338386");
    Console.WriteLine(result);
 
    // この場合はhtmlデータが得られる。
}