getTssFromGTF {GenomicDistributions} | R Documentation |
Get transcription start sites (TSSs) from a remote or local GTF file
getTssFromGTF(source, convertEnsemblUCSC = FALSE, destDir = NULL)
source |
a string that is either a path to a local or remote GTF |
convertEnsemblUCSC |
a logical indicating whether Ensembl style chromosome annotation should be changed to UCSC style |
destDir |
a string that indicates the path to the directory where the downloaded GTF file should be stored |
a list of GRanges objects
CElegansGtfUrl = "http://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-103/gtf/caenorhabditis_elegans/Caenorhabditis_elegans.WBcel235.103.gtf.gz" CElegansTss = getTssFromGTF(CElegansGtfUrl, TRUE)