symbols2indices            package:limma            R Documentation

_M_a_k_e _G_e_n_e _S_e_t _I_n_d_i_c_e_s _f_r_o_m _S_y_m_b_o_l_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Make a list of gene sets symbols into a list of gene sets indices
     used to create input for romer function.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     symbols2indices(gmtl.official, symbol)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

gmtl.official: list of gene sets containing official gene symbols. The
          gene sets can be the ones from the molecular signatures
          database in Broad Institute.

  symbol: vector of symbols for the probesets.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     This function takes a list of official gene sets symbols and
     returns a list of indices of them according to the vector symbol.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     list of indices.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Gordon Smyth and Yifang Hu

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'romer'