biomart.gene.in.window: Fetches the HUGO gene symbols in the spefified window

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Fetches the HUGO gene symbols in the spefified window

Description

Uses biomaRt function to fetch the HUGO gene symbols for those genes included in the specified window. It uses the given BioMart database

Usage

biomart.gene.in.window(chr, start, end, mart, with.position = FALSE)

Arguments

chr	chromosome number (1, 2, ...)
start	fist position of the window (included)
end	last position of the window (included)
mart	BioMart database
with.position	whether included chromosome name and start and end position (default: false)

Value

HUGO gene symbols, or HUGO gene symbols plus gene boudaries

Author(s)

Alessia Visconti

Examples

mybiomart <- biomart.fetch.GENE.grch37.mart()
biomart.gene.in.window(1, 1, 20000, mybiomart)

alesssia/timesaveR documentation built on Jan. 26, 2024, 5:21 p.m.