useMart {biomaRt}R Documentation

Connects to the selected BioMart

Description

This function connects to the selected BioMart

Usage

useMart(biomart, host, user, password, local = FALSE)

Arguments

biomart BioMart database name you want to connect to. Possible database names can be retrieved with the functio listMarts
host If you want to use a local host or a miror database, use vector of hosts. For connecting to public BioMarts this parameter is not required
user username, use vector of usernames for non public or miror BioMarts
password password, use vector of passwords for non-public or miror BioMarts
local boolean to specify if you want to use a locally installed BioMart or a mirror BioMart database

Author(s)

Steffen Durinck, http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~sdurinck

See Also

Examples

if(interactive()){

#marts <- listMarts()
#index<-grep("ensembl",marts)
#mart <- useMart(marts[index])

#martDisconnect(mart = mart)
}

[Package biomaRt version 1.4.0 Index]