download_ctd_genes {CTDquerier} | R Documentation

## Function to download genes available in CTDbase

### Description

This function download the "Gene vocabulary" file (`CTD_genes.tsv.gz`) from `http://ctdbase.org/downloads`.

### Usage

    download_ctd_genes(verbose = FALSE, ask = TRUE)

### Arguments

`verbose` | (default `FALSE`) If set to `TRUE` is shows relevant information of each step.
`ask` | (default `TRUE`) If `TRUE` it asks the the persistent location must be used.

### Details

The field included in the file (`CTD_genes.tsv.gz`) are:

1. GeneSymbol

2. GeneName

3. GeneID (NCBI Gene identifier)

4. AltGeneIDs (alternative NCBI Gene identifiers; '|'-delimited list)

5. Synonyms ('|'-delimited list)

6. BioGRIDIDs ('|'-delimited list)

7. PharmGKBIDs ('|'-delimited list)

8. UniprotIDs ('|'-delimited list)

### Value

Passed name into `filename` argument if it could be download `1` otherwise.

### Examples

    download_ctd_genes()

[Package CTDquerier version 2.2.0 Index]