Get Gene Info

Source: R/geneinfo.R

Perform lookups of Ensembl Identifiers and retrieve their external references in other databases using xref_id-ENSEMBL API

getGeneinfo(ensembl_id)

Arguments

ensembl_id

An Ensemble ID

Value

A dataframe with gene info details

Examples

mygeneinfo <- getGeneinfo("ENSG00000157764")
head(mygeneinfo)
#>                                                                                                                                              description
#> 1                                                                                                                Locus Reference Genomic record for BRAF
#> 2                                                                                                                                                   NULL
#> 3                                                                                                          B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase
#> 4                                                                                                          B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase
#> 5 V-RAF MURINE SARCOMA VIRAL ONCOGENE HOMOLOG B1; BRAF;;ONCOGENE BRAF;;BRAF1;;RAFB1BRAF/AKAP9 FUSION GENE, INCLUDED;;BRAF/KIAA1549 FUSION GENE, INCLUDED
#> 6                                                                                              CARDIOFACIOCUTANEOUS SYNDROME 1; CFC1;;CFC SYNDROME;;CFCS
#>   version             db_display_name      primary_id
#> 1       0 LRG display in Ensembl gene         LRG_299
#> 2       0            Expression Atlas ENSG00000157764
#> 3       0                   NCBI gene             673
#> 4       0                 HGNC Symbol       HGNC:1097
#> 5       0                    MIM gene          164757
#> 6       0                  MIM morbid          115150
#>                                                       display_id synonyms
#> 1                                                        LRG_299     NULL
#> 2                                                ENSG00000157764     NULL
#> 3                                                           BRAF     NULL
#> 4                                                           BRAF    BRAF1
#> 5 V-RAF MURINE SARCOMA VIRAL ONCOGENE HOMOLOG B1; BRAF [*164757]     NULL
#> 6                CARDIOFACIOCUTANEOUS SYNDROME 1; CFC1 [#115150]     NULL
#>                      info_text       dbname info_type
#> 1                              ENS_LRG_gene    DIRECT
#> 2                              ArrayExpress    DIRECT
#> 3                                EntrezGene DEPENDENT
#> 4 Generated via ensembl_manual         HGNC    DIRECT
#> 5                                  MIM_GENE DEPENDENT
#> 6                                MIM_MORBID DEPENDENT