parseMsigdb {RCAS} | R Documentation

## parseMsigdb

### Description

A function to import gene sets downloaded from the Molecular Signatures Database (MSIGDB)

### Usage

    parseMsigdb(filePath)

### Arguments

`filePath` | Path to a file containing gene sets from MSIGDB. The gene ids must be in Entrez format.

### Value

A list of vectors where each vector consists of a set of Entrez gene ids

### Examples

    #First Download gene sets (with Entrez Ids) from MSIGDB database
    #from \url{http://software.broadinstitute.org/gsea/msigdb/collections.jsp#C2}

    input <- system.file('extdata', 'msigdb_test.gmt', package='RCAS')
    msigDB <- parseMsigdb (filePath = input)

[Package RCAS version 1.8.0 Index]