searchPublications: Carry out Pubmed search for a matrix

In biscuit13161/UNGeneAnno: Collate Gene Annotation Data from Uniprot and NIH Gene Databases

Description

searchPublications carries out a series of Pubmed searches for each row of information in the given matrix. The function uses the same matrix used for input to the getUniqueGeneList function, however given the nature of the search it is best to ensure the groups have meaningful names and not arbitrary numbers.

Usage

searchPublications(query)

## S4 method for signature 'matrix'
searchPublications(query)

Arguments

query

A matrix, as input to getUniqueGenes, string to be submitted to Pubmed

Value

A 2 column matrix containg the query string and a list of pubmed objects each detailing a publication relating to the respective query.

Methods (by class)

• matrix: as above.

Examples

query <- matrix(c("Axitinib","BRAF","Imatinib","BRAF"),ncol=2,byrow=TRUE)
ReturnedPublications <- searchPublications(query)

biscuit13161/UNGeneAnno documentation built on May 26, 2019, 2:33 a.m.