getKOprobes             package:keggorth             R Documentation

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

     obtain probe set IDs associated with a KO term

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

     getKOprobes(str, useAcc=TRUE, plat="hgu95av2", na.action=na.omit)

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

     str: string giving a KEGG orthology term

  useAcc: logical - use all accessible terms?

    plat: platform corresponding to a bioconductor annotation package,
          e.g., hgu95av2.db

na.action: function for dealing with NA

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

     looks up the requested term and gives back the unique probe set
     ids on the platform

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

     character vector, typically processed by 'na.omit'

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

     Vince Carey <stvjc@channing.harvard.edu>

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

     getKOtags("insulin")
     es =  acc(KOgraph, "Endocrine System")
     nm = names(es[[1]])
     nm
     esp = lapply(nm, getKOprobes)
     names(esp) = nm
     sapply(esp, length)

