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This service returns information about reference genes. A genome build and GENCODE version must be provided.

  • Genes are searchable by gene symbol, GENCODE ID and versioned GENCODE ID.

  • Versioned GENCODE ID is recommended to ensure unique ID matching.

  • By default, this service queries the genome build and GENCODE version used by the latest GTEx release.

GTEx API Portal documentation

Usage

get_genes(
  geneIds,
  gencodeVersion = "v26",
  genomeBuild = "GRCh38/hg38",
  page = 0,
  itemsPerPage = 250
)

Arguments

geneIds

A character vector of gene symbols, versioned gencodeIds, or unversioned gencodeIds.

gencodeVersion

String (default = "v26"). GENCODE annotation release. Either "v26" or "v19".

genomeBuild

String. Options: "GRCh38/hg38", "GRCh37/hg19". Default = "GRCh38/hg38".

page

Integer (default = 0).

itemsPerPage

Integer (default = 250).

Value

A tibble

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_genes(c("CRP", "IL6R"))
} # }