open_marker_symbol_in_mgi {mgi.report.reader}

Browse MGI markers symbols online

Description

open_marker_symbol_in_mgi() launches the web browser and opens a tab for each MGI symbol on the Mouse Genome Informatics web interface: https://www.informatics.jax.org.

Usage

open_marker_symbol_in_mgi(marker_symbol)

Arguments

marker_symbol

A character vector. MGI marker symbols.

Value

Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise. But note that this function is run for its side effect of launching the browser.

Examples

# Read about Acta1 (actin alpha 1, skeletal muscle) online.
open_marker_symbol_in_mgi("Acta1")

# `open_marker_symbol_in_mgi()` is vectorized, so you can open multiple pages.
# NB: think twice if you really need to open many tabs at once.
open_marker_symbol_in_mgi(c("Acta1", "Hes1"))