getEnsemblRegionFeatures: Get features of a given region.

In kmeRtone: Multi-Purpose and Flexible k-Meric Enrichment Analysis Software

Get features of a given region.

Description

Function fetches various genomic features for a specified region from the Ensembl database. It allows specifying the species, chromosome, region range, and types of features to query.

Usage

getEnsemblRegionFeatures(species, chromosome, start, end, features)

Arguments

species	Species name or alias (e.g., homo_sapiens, human).
chromosome	Chromosome name in Ensembl format (without 'chr' prefix).
start	Start position of the region.
end	End position of the region.
features	List of region features to retrieve from Ensembl. Valid options include "band", "gene", "transcript", "cds", "exon", "repeat", "simple", "misc", "variation", "somatic_variation", "structural_variation", "somatic_structural_variation", "constrained", "regulatory", "motif", "peak", "other_regulatory", "array_probe", "mane".

Value

A data.table containing the requested Ensembl features.

kmeRtone documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 9:12 p.m.