Gets the aliases for a gene names

gets the aliases for a series of gene names

get_aliases(gene_symbols, db = org.Hs.eg.db::org.Hs.eg.db)

Arguments

gene_symbols	a character vector of gene symbols. zb: CD1A
db	a database that inherits the select property. defaults to org.Hs.eg.db

Value

a named list whose names are the provided symbols and the elements are the character vectors with the aliases

See also

get_genesymbols

Examples

get_aliases(c("MAPK1", "CD4"))
#> $MAPK1
#>  [1] "ERK"      "ERK-2"    "ERK2"     "ERT1"     "MAPK2"    "P42MAPK" 
#>  [7] "PRKM1"    "PRKM2"    "p38"      "p40"      "p41"      "p41mapk" 
#> [13] "p42-MAPK" "MAPK1"   
#> 
#> $CD4
#> [1] "CD4mut" "CD4"   
#> 
# $MAPK1
# [1] "ERK"      "ERK-2"    "ERK2"     "ERT1"     "MAPK2"    "P42MAPK"
# [7] "PRKM1"    "PRKM2"    "p38"      "p40"      "p41"      "p41mapk"
# [13] "p42-MAPK" "MAPK1"
#
# $CD4
# [1] "CD4mut" "CD4"