alias2Symbol              package:limma              R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Map a set of gene alias names to a set of gene symbols.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     alias2Symbol(alias, species = "Hs")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

   alias: character vector of gene aliases

 species: character string specifying the species. Possible values are
          '"Dm"', '"Hs"', '"Mm"' or '"Rn"'.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Aliases are mapped via NCBI Entrez Gene identity numbers using
     Bioconductor organism packages.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A character vector of gene symbols. May be longer or shorter than
     the original vector.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Gordon Smyth

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'unwrapdups'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     if(!require("org.Hs.eg.db")) alias2Symbol(c("PUMA","NOXA"))

