download_ctd_genes: Function to download genes available in CTDbase

In CTDquerier: Package for CTDbase data query, visualization and downstream analysis

Description

This function download the "Gene vocabulary" file (CTD_genes.tsv.gz) from http://ctdbase.org/downloads.

Usage

download_ctd_genes(verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

verbose

(default FALSE) If set to TRUE is shows relevant information of each step.

Details

The field included in the file (CTD_genes.tsv.gz) are:

1. GeneSymbol

2. GeneName

3. GeneID (NCBI Gene identifier)

4. AltGeneIDs (alternative NCBI Gene identifiers; '|'-delimited list)

5. Synonyms ('|'-delimited list)

6. BioGRIDIDs ('|'-delimited list)

7. PharmGKBIDs ('|'-delimited list)

8. UniprotIDs ('|'-delimited list)

Value

Passed name into filename argument if it could be download 1 otherwise.

Examples

download_ctd_genes()

CTDquerier documentation built on Oct. 31, 2019, 2:57 a.m.