getSymbol {affycoretools} | R Documentation |
This function is designed to check to see if the 'symbol' annotation is available at a given Biomart. This is an internal function and is not intended to be called by the end user.
getSymbol(mart)
mart |
A 'mart' connection, typically created by a
call to useMart . |
This function is designed to query a Biomart to see if the 'symbol' annotation is available for a particular species. This is an internal function and is not intended to be called by the end user.
Either the symbol attribute (typically something like hgnc_symbol), or 'nosymbolavailable'.
James W. MacDonald <jmacdon@med.umich.edu>