mygene (version 1.8.0)

getGenes: Return the list of gene objects for the given list of geneids.

Description

This is a wrapper for POST query of "/gene" service.

Usage

getGenes(geneids, fields = c("symbol", "name", "taxid", "entrezgene"), ...,  return.as=c("DataFrame", "records", "text"), mygene)

Arguments

geneids

A vector, list, or comm-sep string entrez/ensembl gene ids

fields

A vector of fields to return. If fields=="all", all available fields are returned.

...

Includes species as well as several other fields. View available fields by calling ?metadata. Also, see http://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/doc/annotation_service.html for complete argument details and syntax.

return.as

"DataFrame" (default), "records" (list), "text" (JSON).

mygene

A MyGene object that describes how to connect to data resources. See MyGene-class. If missing, default object will be used that accesses the main MyGene.info portal. Default is recommended.

Value

References

Ref: http://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/doc/annotation_service.html

See Also

getGene query queryMany

Examples

## Return the list of gene object for the given list of gene ids.
getGenes(c(1017,1018))

## mix types of gene ids
getGenes(c(1017,1018,"ENSG00000148795"))