getBackground attempts to get the background of user-specified molecules.
Usage
getBackground(type = "gene_miRNA")
Arguments
type
A character string. Should be one of "gene", "miRNA" or "gene_miRNA".
Details
The default background is obtained from the environment variable. For human, the reference gene background is all human genes in KEGG pathways. The reference miRNA background is collected from miRBase database.
Value
A character vector.
Author(s)
Li Feng, Chunquan Li and Xia Li
See Also
identifyGraph
Examples
## Not run:
## get all background of genes
bgGene <- getBackground(type="gene")
## get all background of miRNAs
bgMir <- getBackground(type="miRNA")
## get all background of miRNAs and genes
bgGMir <- getBackground(type="gene_miRNA")
## End(Not run)