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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def runSearchVariantAnnotations(self, request):
 """ Runs the specified SearchVariantAnnotationsRequest. """

        return self.runSearchRequest(
            request, protocol.SearchVariantAnnotationsRequest,
            protocol.SearchVariantAnnotationsResponse,
            self.variantAnnotationsGenerator)