convertMouseHumanGenes: Convert Gene Names

In weshorton/wrh.rUtils: Miscellaneous R Utility Functions

Convert Gene Names

Description

Convert gene names between mouse and human using ensembl database (adapted from Rossin Erbe)

TO DO - add either verbose option or multiple output option to also output the genes that didn't get converted. original host: "https://dec2021.archive.ensembl.org/" this worked at first, but keep on getting connection time outs. The biomart functions should check other mirrors, but can also try "https://www.ensembl.org".

Usage

convertMouseHumanGenes(
  genes_v,
  species_v = "mmu",
  host_v = "https://dec2021.archive.ensembl.org/"
)

Arguments

genes_v	vector of genes to convert
species_v	species identity to convert FROM. If "mouse" or "mmu", will be converted to human. If "human" or "hg", will be converted to mouse.

Value

genes_v with updated names

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