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gCMAPWeb (version 1.12.0)

convert_gene_identifiers: Entrez mapper

Description

This function maps the submitted gene identifiers to Entrez identifiers and returns a translation table with the original and mapped ids

Usage

convert_gene_identifiers(gene.ids, query.IdType, species)

Arguments

gene.ids
Character vector with gene ids
query.IdType
A GeneIdentifierType object
species
String identifying the species, will be inserted into a new EntrezIdentifier object and returned with the translated results

Value

A list with the following elements
  • gene.ids, a character vector of unique EntrezIds
  • query.IdType, an EntrezIdentifier object with the species
  • conversion, a list containing the full translation table and a summary message
  • original.ids, a character vector of the submitted ids corresponding to the returned EntrezIds