getGeneSymbol: Entrez to name, symbol, GO and path conversion, as well as...

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getGeneSymbolR Documentation

Entrez to name, symbol, GO and path conversion, as well as general ID to ID conversion.

Description

Get different attributes for the Entrez gene Ids

Usage

getGeneSymbol(id, annPackage)
getGeneName(id, annPackage)
getGO2ALLEGS(id, annPackage)
getPATH2EG(id, annPackage)
getAnnotation(id, annPackage, mapID, doUnlist=TRUE)

Arguments

id

The IDs one wants to get information for.

annPackage

Which annotation package to use.

mapID

Which mapping to use

doUnlist

should the results be unlisted or not?

Details

The type of ID will change depending on the function. For getGene... the ID should be Entrez IDs. For getGO2ALLEGS Gene Ontology IDs should be used, and for getPATH2EG KEGG pathways IDs should be used. For getAnnotation, any ID can be used.

Value

Returns the requested information.

Note

These functions are generally called internally for mapping between genes and various objects.

Author(s)

Robert M Flight


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