viewGene: plot tracks based on gene name

View source: R/viewGene.R

viewGeneR Documentation

plot tracks based on gene name

Description

given a gene name, plot the tracks.

Usage

viewGene(
  symbol,
  filenames,
  format,
  txdb,
  org,
  upstream = 1000,
  downstream = 1000,
  anchor = c("gene", "TSS"),
  plot = FALSE
)

Arguments

symbol

Gene symbol

filenames

files used to generate tracks

format

file format used to generate tracks

txdb

txdb will be used to extract the genes

org

org package name

upstream

upstream from anchor

downstream

downstream from anchor

anchor

TSS, or gene

plot

plot the tracks or not.

Value

an invisible list of a trackList, a trackViewerStyle and a GRanges

Examples

library(TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.knownGene)
library(org.Hs.eg.db)
extdata <- system.file("extdata", package="trackViewer", mustWork=TRUE)
filename = file.path(extdata, "fox2.bed")
optSty <- viewGene("HSPA8", filenames=filename, format="BED", 
                   txdb=TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.knownGene, 
                   org="org.Hs.eg.db")


jianhong/trackViewer documentation built on March 17, 2024, 2:16 p.m.