This function retrieves information for a specified region on a chromosome, including overlapping genes and their associated details such as ID, symbol, biotype, description, transcription start site (TSS), start position, end position, strand direction, and exons structure.
Arguments
- chromosome
Character: Chromosome number as a string.
- start
Integer: Start position of the specified region on the chromosome.
- end
Integer: End position of the specified region on the chromosome.
Value
Returns a tibble data frame of all the overlapping genes in the specified region with the following data structure:
id
: Character. ID of the gene.symbol
: Character. Symbol of the gene.bioType
: Character. Biotype of the gene.description
: Character. Description of the gene.chromosome
: Character. Chromosome of the gene.tss
: Integer. Transcription start site of the gene.start
: Integer. Start position of the gene.end
: Integer. End position of the gene.fwdStrand
: Logical. Strand direction of the gene.exons
: List. List of exons of the gene.