WhopGenome (version 0.9.4)

whop.ucsc.geneInfo: Return information from UCSC about a gene named precisely as specified

Description

Information about a gene (and optionally required to be located on a certain chromosome) is returned.

Usage

whop.ucsc.geneInfo(gen, chr = NA)

Arguments

gen

Gene name to query information about

chr

If specified, the identifier of the chromosome, on which this gene is located

Value

geneName

Gene name

name

Gene identifier

chrom

Chromosome, on which the gene is located

strand

Whether this gene is located on the + or - strand

txStart

Transcription start site

txEnd

Transcription end

cdsStart

Coding sequence start

cdsEnd

coding sequence end

exonCount

Number of exons of this gene

exonStarts

comma-separated list of exon start position

exonEnds

comma-separated list of exon end positions

Details

Gene name, chromosome of origin, strand, and start and end positions of transcription site, coding sequence and exons are returned.

See Also

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