Bioinformatics Toolbox

getgeodata

Get Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) data

Syntax

Data = getgeodata('AccessionNumber'    
                  'PropertyName', PropertyValue...)

getgeodata(..., 'ToFile', ToFileValue)

Arguments

`AccessionNumber`	Unique identifier for a sequence record. Enter a combination of letters and numbers.
`ToFile`	Property to specify the location and filename for saving data. Enter either a filename, or a path and filename supported by your system (ASCII text file).

Description

Data = getgeodata('AccessionNumber', 'PropertyName',PropertyValue...) searches for the accession number in the Gene Expression Omnibus database and returns a MATLAB structure containing the following fields:

Scope
Accession
Header
ColumnDescriptions
ColumnNames
Data

getgeodata(..., 'ToFile', ToFileValue) saves the data returned from the database to a file. Read a GenPept formatted file back into MATLAB using the function gensoftread.

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Examples

geoStruct = getgeodata('GSM1768')

getgeodata

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