getRefflat               package:ACME               R Documentation

_G_e_t _t_h_e _r_e_f_f_l_a_t _t_a_b_l_e _f_r_o_m _u_c_s_c _f_o_r _t_h_e _g_i_v_e_n _g_e_n_o_m_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Fetches the refflat table from ucsc, stores in temp dir and then
     gunzips it and reads it in.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getRefflat(genome = "hg17")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  genome: The genome code from ucsc, like 'hg16', 'mm6', etc.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A data frame mirroring the UCSC table structure.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     http://genome.ucsc.edu

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'findClosestGene'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     rf <- getRefflat('hg17')

