get_gene_bodies: Read gene body locations from the UCSC RefGenes table

In AllenInstitute/lowcat: Low Coverage Accessibility and Transcriptomics

Description

Read gene body locations from the UCSC RefGenes table

Usage

get_gene_bodies(symbols = NULL, expand = 0, genome = "mm10")

Arguments

symbols	A character object with gene symbols to retain. If NULL, will return all genes. Default is NULL.
expand	Distance from the ends of the gene bodies to expand. If a single value is provided, will use this values in both directions. If two values are provided, they will be used to expand regions in the 5' and 3' direction relative to transcription direction. Default is 0.
genome	The genome to use. Default is "mm10".

Value

a data.frame with columns matching BED format (chr, start, end, name, score, and strand).

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