tool.translate {Mergeomics} | R Documentation

## Translate gene symbols

### Description

`tool.translate` converts the symbols given in the list `from` into the list `to`. e.g. we can translate human gene symbols into the mouse orthologs (or vice versa) if the symbol mapping file is provided.

### Usage

    tool.translate(words, from, to)

### Arguments

`words` | translation table including words (i.e. gene symbols) that will be translated
`from` | a list denoting the words will be translated from which symbols
`to` | a list denoting the words will be translated to which symbols

### Value

`words` | translated table (words)

### Author(s)

Ville-Petteri Makinen

### Examples

    syms <- tool.read(system.file("extdata", "symbols.txt",
    package="Mergeomics"))
    syms <- syms[,c("HUMAN", "MOUSE")]
    names(syms) <- c("FROM", "TO")
    moddata <- tool.read(system.file("extdata",
    "modules.mousecoexpr.liver.human.txt", package="Mergeomics"))
    moddata$NODE <- moddata$GENE
    moddata$NODE <- tool.translate(words=moddata$NODE, from=syms$FROM,
    to=syms$TO)

[Package Mergeomics version 1.18.0 Index]