martConnect             package:biomaRt             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This function connects to available BioMarts

_U_s_a_g_e:

     martConnect(biomarts = "ensembl", host, user, password, mart, local = FALSE)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

biomarts: vector with BioMart database names you want to connect to.
          Use one or a vector of the following BioMart database names: 
          ensembl (default, for gene information, GO and OMIM
          annotation),sequence (for sequence retrieval), snp (for SNP
          retrieval), uniprot (for protein related data), vega (for
          VEGA gene annotation)

    host: If you want to use a local host or a miror database, use
          vector of hosts.  For connecting to public BioMarts this
          parameter is not required

    user: username, use vector of usernames for non public or miror
          BioMarts

password: password, use vector of passwords for non-public or miror
          BioMarts

    mart: Mart object, use if you want to add a connection to a BioMart
          to an existing Mart object

   local: boolean to specify if you want to use a locally installed
          BioMart or a mirror BioMart database

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Steffen Durinck, <URL: http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~sdurinck>

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     if(interactive()){
     mart <- martConnect(biomarts = c("ensembl","sequence"))

     martDisconnect(mart = mart)
     }

