[BioC] org.Hs.eg.db -- Entrez ID to Gene Symbol conversion

[Christof Winter]

Hi Tim!

Tim Smith wrote, On 22.02.2009 17:45:
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted a table that provides a mapping from Entrez Ids to Gene Symbols for
> homo sapiens. 

What about the following?

 > library(org.Hs.eg.db)
 > e2s = toTable(org.Hs.egSYMBOL)
 > head(e2s)
   gene_id symbol
1       1   A1BG
2       2    A2M
3       3   A2MP
4       9   NAT1
5      10   NAT2
6      11   AACP

Cheers,
Christof