convert.alias: Convert Symbols to Aliases and Vice Versa.

In convertid: Convert Gene IDs Between Each Other and Fetch Annotations from Biomart

Convert Symbols to Aliases and Vice Versa.

Description

convert.alias() attempts to find all possible symbol-alias combinations for a given gene symbol, i.e., it assumes the input ID to be either an Alias or a Symbol and performs multiple queries to find all possible counterparts. The input IDs are converted to title and upper case before querying and all possibilities are tested. There are species presets for Human and Mouse annotations.

Usage

convert.alias(id, species = c("Human", "Mouse"), db = NULL)

Arguments

id	(character). Vector of gene symbols.
species	(character). One of "Human" and "Mouse". Defaults to "Human".
db	(AnnotationDb object). Annotation package object.

Value

A data.frame with two columns:

	'SYMBOL': The official gene symbol.
	'ALIAS': All possible aliases.

See Also

select

Examples

convert.alias("TRPV4")

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