getGOInfo               package:GOSim               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Oobtain the GO terms and their description for a list of genes.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getGOInfo(geneIDs)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

 geneIDs: character vector of Entrez gene IDs 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     List with entry names equal to the gene IDs. Each list contains a
     sublist with entry names equal to the GO terms associated to the
     corresponding gene ID. Each entry also contains a description of
     the GO term, its definition and the ontology ("BP","CC","MF") it
     belongs to.

_N_o_t_e:

     The corresponding information is directly extracted from the "GO"
     library. The result depends on the currently set ontology
     ("BP","MF","CC"), i.e. only GO terms within the actual ontology
     are considered. The shown GO information refers to the actually
     installed GO library.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Holger Froehlich

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'setOntology'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     ## Not run: 
      setOntology("BP")
      getGOInfo(c("207","7494"))
     ## End(Not run)

