listMarts              package:biomaRt              R Documentation

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

     This function returns a list of BioMart databases to which biomaRt
     can connect to.  By default all public BioMart databases are
     displayed.  To establish a connection use the useMart function.

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

     listMarts(mart, host, user, password, port, includeHosts = FALSE, mysql=FALSE, archive=FALSE)

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

    mart: mart object created with the useMart function

    host: host to connect to

    user: username

password: password

    port: port to use in MySQL connection

includeHosts: boolean to indicate if function should return host of the
          BioMart databases

   mysql: Boolean to indicate to retrieve data from BioMart database
          via MySQL or via the BioMart webservice.  Default is via the
          webservice.

 archive: Boolean to indicate if you want to access archived versions
          od BioMart database s.  This currently only works with
          mysql=TRUE and the ensembl BioMart database

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

     Steffen Durinck, <URL: http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~steffen>

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

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

     if(interactive()){
     listMarts()
     }

