get_stringdb: Retrieving of information from the STRING database

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

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Description

Retrieves the PPI network form the STRING database via the STRINGdb. STRINGdb often only associates a primary product to a gene, thus other products are not reported. The function also returns the proteins associated to each gene within the STRING database.

Usage

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get_stringdb(stringdb_tax = 9606, stringdb_thr = 900)

Arguments

stringdb_tax

taxa of the species. Default human (9606)

stringdb_thr

threshold to be applied to the score on the edges of the PPI. Default threshold value 900

Value

a list

ppi

a two columns data.frame representing the PPI network by listing its edges.

Examples

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library(STRINGdb)
library(igraph)
stringdb_tax = 9606
stringdb_thr = 900
ppi_network <- LErNet::get_stringdb( stringdb_tax = stringdb_tax, stringdb_thr = stringdb_thr)

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