GeneSymbolThesarus:, if several.ok, a named list
where each entry is the current symbol found for each symbol provided and
the names are the provided symbols. Otherwise, a named vector with the
same information.
UpdateSymbolList: symbols with updated symbols from
HGNC's gene names database
Arguments
symbols
A vector of gene symbols
timeout
Time to wait before canceling query in seconds
several.ok
Allow several current gene symbols for each
provided symbol
search.types
Type of query to perform:
“alias_symbol”
Find alternate symbols for the genes
described by symbols
“prev_symbol”
Find new new symbols for the genes
described by symbols
This parameter accepts multiple options and short-hand options
(eg. “prev” for “prev_symbol”)
For each symbol passed, we query the HGNC gene names database for
current symbols that have the provided symbol as either an alias
(alias_symbol) or old (prev_symbol) symbol. All other queries
are not supported.