rtracklayer (version 1.32.0)

asBED: Coerce to BED structure

Description

Coerce the structure of an object to one following BED-like conventions, i.e., with columns for blocks and thick regions.

Usage

asBED(x, ...)
## S3 method for class 'GRangesList':
asBED(x)

Arguments

x

Generally, a tabular object to structure as BED

...

Arguments to pass to methods

Value

• A GRanges, with the columns name, blockStarts and blockSizes added.

Details

The exact behavior depends on the class of object. [object Object]

Examples

library(TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.knownGene)
exons <- exonsBy(TxDb_Hsapiens_UCSC_hg19_knownGene)
mcols(asBED(exons))