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CHRONOS (version 1.0.3)

downloadPathways: Download KEGG pathways in KGML format.

Description

Download KEGG pathways in KGML format.

Usage

downloadPathways(org, pathways)

Arguments

org
KEGG organism identifier
pathways
Download pathways for specified organism:
'All'
All organism pathways
'Metabolic' Metabolic pathways
'Non-Metabolic'
Non metabolic pathways
Using indexes from downloadKEGGPathwayList

Value

Downloaded data is stored in CHRONOS/extdata/Downloads/KEGG/

Details

KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) is a database resource for understanding high-level functions and utilities of the biological , system such as the cell, the organism and the ecosystem, from molecular-level information, especially large-scale molecular datasets generated by genome sequencing and other high-throughput experimental technologies.

Files are downloaded in CHRONOS/extdata/Downloads/KEGG/ folder. Downloading is skipped for existing files.

References

Examples

Run this code

# View all availiable hsa pathways
pathways <- downloadKEGGPathwayList(org='hsa')

# Download pathway KGML files
pathways <- c('04915', '04917', '04930', '05031')

pathways <- downloadPathways(org='hsa', pathways=pathways)

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