getUCSCgenePredTable: Retrieve Gene Prediction Table from UCSC for a Given Genome

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Retrieve Gene Prediction Table from UCSC for a Given Genome

Description

This function retrieves the gene prediction table from the UCSC genome database for a specified genome. It can fetch data from either the RefSeq or GENCODE databases.

Usage

getUCSCgenePredTable(genome.name, db)

Arguments

genome.name	A string specifying the UCSC genome name for which the gene prediction table is to be retrieved, e.g., 'hg38', 'mm39'.
db	A string specifying the database used by UCSC to generate the table. Options are 'refseq' or 'gencode'.

Value

A data.table containing the gene prediction table from the specified UCSC genome and database.

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