refseq_geneSymbol: Get the gene symbol

In refseqR: Common Computational Operations Working with RefSeq Entries (GenBank)

Get the gene symbol

Description

refseq_geneSymbol() Returns the gene symbol from a single Gene id. accession.

Usage

refseq_geneSymbol (id, db)

Arguments

id	A character string of the transcript or protein id.
db	A character string of the "nuccore" or "protein" database.

Value

A character vector containing the gene symbol corresponding to the especified accession as id.

Author(s)

Jose V. Die

See Also

refseq_protein2RNA to obtain the transcript ids that encode a set of protein ids.

refseq_RNA2protein to obtain the protein ids encoded by a set of transcript ids.

Examples

# Get the gene symbol from a set of transcript accessions
id = c("XM_004487701", "XM_004488493")
sapply(id, function(x) refseq_geneSymbol (x, db = "nuccore"), USE.NAMES = FALSE)

# Get the gene symbol from a set of XP accessions
id = c("XP_004487758")
sapply(id, function(x) refseq_geneSymbol (x, db = "protein"), USE.NAMES = FALSE)

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