get_homologs_besthits {STRINGdb} | R Documentation

## get_homologs_besthits

### Description

Returns the best blast hits x species of the given input identifiers.

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'STRINGdb'
    get_homologs_besthits(string_ids, symbets = FALSE, target_species_id = NULL, bitscore_threshold=NULL)

### Arguments

`string_ids` | a vector of STRING identifiers.
`target_species_id` | NCBI taxonomy identifier of the species to query for homologs (the species must be present in the STRING database)
`bitscore_threshold` | threshold on the bitscore of the blast alignment.
`symbets` | specify whether you want only symmetrical best hits

### Value

Data frame containing the best blast hits x species of the given input identifiers.

### Author(s)

Andrea Franceschini

[Package STRINGdb version 1.22.0 Index]