getLociGenes: Retrieve summary information of the genes in a locus
Description
This function retrieves information for a specified region on a chromosome, including overlapping genes and their
associated details such as ID, symbol, biotype, description,
transcription start site (TSS), start position, end position, strand direction, and exons structure.
Usage
getLociGenes(chromosome, start, end)
Value
Returns a tibble data frame of all the overlapping genes in the specified region with the following data structure:
id: Character. ID of the gene.
symbol: Character. Symbol of the gene.
bioType: Character. Biotype of the gene.
description: Character. Description of the gene.
chromosome: Character. Chromosome of the gene.
tss: Integer. Transcription start site of the gene.
start: Integer. Start position of the gene.
end: Integer. End position of the gene.
fwdStrand: Logical. Strand direction of the gene.
exons: List. List of exons of the gene.
Arguments
chromosome
Character: Chromosome number as a string.
start
Integer: Start position of the specified region on the chromosome.
end
Integer: End position of the specified region on the chromosome.