mart_genes {XCIR}R Documentation

biomaRt genes

Description

Extract gene informations from biomaRt

Usage

mart_genes(release = "hg19", chr = "X")

Arguments

release

A character. Genome release name. Valid releases are "hg19", "hg38".

chr

A character or NULL. If specified, only the genes from the specified chromosomes will be returned.

Value

A data.table with the gene symbol, start and end position and matching ensembl transcripts.

Examples

#Chromosome X, hg19
egX <- mart_genes()
#Full genome, latest release
eg <- mart_genes("hg38")
[Package XCIR version 1.1.0 Index]