Gets the official gene symbol for protein or gene aliases

gets the aliases for a series of common gene names

get_genesymbols(gene_aliases, db = org.Hs.eg.db::org.Hs.eg.db)

Arguments

gene_aliases	a character vector of gene aliases zb: ERK
db	a database that inherits the select property. defaults to org.Hs.eg.db

Value

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

See also

get_aliases

Examples

get_genesymbols("ERK")
#> Warning: All elements of `...` must be named.
#> Did you want `data = c(SYMBOL)`?
#> $ERK
#> [1] "EPHB2" "MAPK1"
#> 
# $ERK
# [1] "EPHB2" "MAPK1"
get_genesymbols(c("SUPERFAKEGENE", "ERK"))
#> Warning: All elements of `...` must be named.
#> Did you want `data = c(SYMBOL)`?
#> $SUPERFAKEGENE
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $ERK
#> [1] "EPHB2" "MAPK1"
#> 
# $SUPERFAKEGENE
# [1] NA
#
# $ERK
# [1] "EPHB2" "MAPK1"