I noticed that the library GenomicFeatures provides a set of very powerful functions to create databases with transcript-centered annotations from e.g. the BioMart database (makeTranscriptDbFromBiomart).
I was wondering whether a function could be added that will allow the build of a gene-centered annotation database? E.g: 'makeGeneDbFromBiomart()' and/or 'makeGeneDb'.
I am asking because I would like to easily retrieve AND store the annotation info of all Ensembl mouse genes. I already had a look at the source code to see whether I could modify some parts of the code myselves to create such function, but to me the code is too complicated to feel comfortable adapting it, but i have the *feeling* that this is rather straight-forward for the more knowledgable R-gurus, hence my question.

Thanks in advance for considering,
Guido

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Guido Hooiveld, PhD
Nutrition, Metabolism & Genomics Group
Division of Human Nutrition
Wageningen University
Biotechnion, Bomenweg 2
NL-6703 HD Wageningen
the Netherlands
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http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-4912-2010



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