gene_name_number-character-method function

Function to get genes names and numbers from kegg (for internal use)

This function extracts for a particular pathway all genes and the numbers they are represented with in the KEGG network from the corresponding KGML pathway file.

## S4 method for signature 'character'
gene_name_number(x)

Arguments

• x: A character hsa identifier of the pathway for which gene infomation should be extracted as used in KEGG database ('hsa00100').

Returns

A data.frame listing the genes included in the pathway with their names as well as numbers used in KEGG database.

Author(s)

Stefanie Friedrichs, Patricia Burger