listMarts {biomaRt} | R Documentation |
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.
listMarts(mart, host, user, password, port, includeHosts = FALSE, mysql=FALSE, archive=FALSE)
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 |
Steffen Durinck, http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~steffen
if(interactive()){ listMarts() }