rfamFamilySummary: Get a summary describing an Rfam family
In rfaRm: An R interface to the Rfam database

Description Usage Arguments Value References Examples

Gets a summary describing an Rfam family. The summary includes information regarding the number of sequences and species contained in the family, a brief description about the function of the family and the corresponding type of RNA.

1	rfamFamilySummary(rfamFamily)

rfamFamily

string with an Rfam family accession or ID for which a descriptive summary should be retrieved.

A list containing the following elements that describe the Rfam family:

`rfamReleaseNumber`	Version of Rfam used in the query
`numberSequencesSeedAlignment`	Number of sequences used in the seed alignment of the Rfam family
`sourceSeedAlignment`	Published reference with the seed alignment of the Rfam family
`numberSpecies`	Number of species containing in their genomes sequences that belong to the Rfam family
`RNAType`	Keywords describing the type of RNA corresponding to the Rfam family
`numberSequencesAll`	Total number of sequences included in the Rfam family
`structureSource`	Description of the source for the secondary structure of the family (published, predicted) and PMID of the corresponding publication or prediction method if applicable
`description`	Descriptive name of the RNA included in the Rfam family
`rfamAccession`	Accession of the Rfam family
`rfamID`	ID of the Rfam family
`comment`	Short paragraph describing the characteristics and biological role of the Rfam family

Ioanna Kalvari, Joanna Argasinska, Natalia Quinones-Olvera, Eric P Nawrocki, Elena Rivas, Sean R Eddy, Alex Bateman, Robert D Finn, Anton I Petrov, Rfam 13.0: shifting to a genome-centric resource for non-coding RNA families, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 46, Issue D1, 4 January 2018, Pages D335–D342, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1038

https://docs.rfam.org/en/latest/api.html

# Get a summary for the Rfam family with ID "FMN""

rfamFamilySummary("FMN")

# Get a summary for the Rfam family with accession "RF00174""

rfamFamilySummary("RF00174")

# Get a brief paragraph describing the Rfam family with accession "RF00174""

rfamFamilySummary("RF00174")$comment