IRefR: an R package to manipulate the iRefIndex consolidated protein interaction database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The iRefIndex addresses the need to consolidate protein interaction data into a single uniform data resource. iRefR provides the user with access to this data source from an R environment.

Results

The iRefR package includes tools for selecting specific subsets of interest from the iRefIndex by criteria such as organism, source database, experimental method, protein accessions and publication identifier. Data may be converted between three representations (MITAB, edgeList and graph) for use with other R packages such as igraph, graph and RBGL.The user may choose between different methods for resolving redundancies in interaction data and how n-ary data is represented. In addition, we describe a function to identify binary interaction records that possibly represent

SUBMITTER: Mora A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3282787 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature