load {STRINGdb} | R Documentation

## load

### Description

Downloads and returns the STRING network (the network is set also in the graph variable of the STRING_db object).

It makes use of the variables: "backgroundV" vector containing STRING identifiers to be used as background (i.e. the STRING network loaded will contain only the proteins that are present also in this vector) "score_threshold" STRING combined score threshold (the network loaded contains only interactions having a combined score greater than this threshold)

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'STRINGdb'
    load()

### Value

STRING network (i.e. an iGraph object. For info look to http://igraph.sourceforge.net)

### Author(s)

Andrea Franceschini

[Package STRINGdb version 2.4.2 Index]