probe2gene {a4Base}R Documentation

Translate Affymetrix probeset IDs into gene symbols

Description

Auxiliary function for (currently) spectralMap allowing the conversion of Affy probeset IDs to gene symbols

Usage

probe2gene(probesetIds, chipPkg)

Arguments

probesetIds

Affymetrix probeset IDs

chipPkg

string indicating the annotation package for the chip

Value

Vector containing the respective gene symbols

Author(s)

Tobias Verbeke

See Also

spectralMap, lassoClass, ...

Examples

if (require(ALL)){
	data(ALL, package = "ALL")
	chip <- annotation(ALL)
	chipAnnotationPkg <- paste(chip, "db", sep = ".")
	res <- probe2gene(featureNames(ALL), chipAnnotationPkg)
	head(res)
}

[Package a4Base version 1.38.0 Index]