getSymbol {affycoretools}R Documentation

Check to see if the Symbol is Available at a Biomart

Description

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.

Usage

getSymbol(mart)

Arguments

mart A 'mart' connection, typically created by a call to useMart.

Details

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.

Value

Either the symbol attribute (typically something like hgnc_symbol), or 'nosymbolavailable'.

Author(s)

James W. MacDonald <jmacdon@med.umich.edu>


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