geneLocs               package:GGtools               R Documentation

_g_e_n_e _m_e_t_a_d_a_t_a _f_r_o_m _N_C_B_I

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

     gene metadata from NCBI

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

     data(geneLocs)
     data(geneLocs_hsa)
     data(geneLocs_mmu)

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     A 'data.frame' instance with information relating gene symbol to
     chromosome and providing start and end positional information.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     instance of class 'data.frame'

_N_o_t_e:

     The geneLocs structure should be available for multiple species. 
     Thus the three letter code suffix will be present on the standard
     offering in the future.  

     There is absolutely no guarantee that the information in these
     structures is at all accurate.  The provenance subdirectory of the
     package includes notes on how the files were derived. The package
     author finds it difficult to obtain clear information on the state
     of the art on gene location assertions; suggestions of more
     accurate sources are welcome.

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

     Vince Carey <stvjc@channing.harvard.edu>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     NCBI <URL:
     ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/H_sapiens/mapview/seq_gene.md.gz>
     for the human data.

     <URL:
     ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/M_musculus/mapview/seq_gene.md.gz>
     for the mouse data.

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

     data(geneLocs_hsa)
     # be patient
     geneLocs_hsa[1:4,]

