convertGene: Convert gene names

In oliviermfmartin/HelpingHand: A helping hand

Description

Convert wormbase gene identification to official gene symbol. Uses org.Ce.eg.db for mapping.

Usage

convertGene(
  keys,
  column = "SYMBOL",
  keytype = "WORMBASE",
  x = org.Ce.eg.db::org.Ce.eg.db
)

Arguments

keys	the keys to select records for from the database. All possible keys are returned by using the keys method.
column	the column to search on (for mapIds). Different from columns in that it can only have a single element for the value
keytype	the keytype that matches the keys used. For the select methods, this is used to indicate the kind of ID being used with the keys argument. For the keys method this is used to indicate which kind of keys are desired from keys
x	the AnnotationDb object. But in practice this will mean an object derived from an AnnotationDb object such as a OrgDb or ChipDb object.

Value

character; Converted gene identification to the type specified by column.

See Also

mapIds

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