getDescription {methylGSA} | R Documentation

## Get gene set description

### Description

This function gets description of gene sets.

### Usage

    getDescription(GSids, GS.type)

### Arguments

`GSids` | A vector contains gene set IDs.
`GS.type` | A string. "GO", "KEGG", or "Reactome".

### Value

A vector contains gene sets description.

### References

Carlson M (2018). GO.db: A set of annotation maps describing the entire Gene Ontology. R package version 3.6.0.

Yu G, Wang L, Han Y, He Q (2012). clusterProfiler: an R package for comparing biological themes among gene clusters. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 16(5), 284-287.

Ligtenberg W (2017). reactome.db: A set of annotation maps for reactome. R package version 1.62.0.

### Examples

    GSids = c("GO:0007389", "GO:0000978", "GO:0043062")
    Description = getDescription(GSids, "GO")
    head(Description)

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