Get description of Biological Entity identifiers

This description can be used for annotating tables or graph based on BE IDs.

Usage

getBeIdDescription(ids, be, source, organism, ...)

Arguments

ids

list of identifiers

be

one BE. Guessed if not provided

source

the BE ID database. Guessed if not provided

organism

organism name. Guessed if not provided

...

further arguments for getBeIdNames and getBeIdSymbols functions

Value

a data.frame providing for each BE IDs (row.names are provided BE IDs):

• id: the BE ID

• symbol: the BE symbol

• name: the corresponding name

See also

getBeIdNames, getBeIdSymbols

Examples

if (FALSE) {
getBeIdDescription(
   ids=c("10", "100"),
   be="Gene",
   source="EntrezGene",
   organism="human"
)
}