listMarts {biomaRt}R Documentation

lists the avilable BioMart databases

Description

This function returns a list of BioMart databases to which biomaRt can connect to. By default all public BioMart databases are displayed. To establish a connection use the useMart function.

Usage

listMarts(mart, host, user, password, port, includeHosts = FALSE, mysql=FALSE, archive=FALSE)

Arguments

mart mart object created with the useMart function
host host to connect to
user username
password password
port port to use in MySQL connection
includeHosts boolean to indicate if function should return host of the BioMart databases
mysql Boolean to indicate to retrieve data from BioMart database via MySQL or via the BioMart webservice. Default is via the webservice.
archive Boolean to indicate if you want to access archived versions od BioMart database s. This currently only works with mysql=TRUE and the ensembl BioMart database

Author(s)

Steffen Durinck, http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~steffen

Examples

if(interactive()){
listMarts()
}

[Package biomaRt version 1.16.0 Index]