ucscTable            package:rtracklayer            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A generic function for getting a database table from UCSC. This is
     mostly for internal use though some may find it useful.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     ucscTable(object, segment, track, table)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  object: The e.g. 'ucscSession' 

 segment: The 'genomeSegment' for which to retrieve the data. 

   track: The name of the track to which the table belongs. 

   table: The name of the table. 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A 'data.frame' of the table.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Michael Lawrence

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     The UCSC Table Browser: <URL:
     http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables>.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'trackSet' for getting tracks, 'genomeSequence' for getting
     sequences.

