biobtreeR

biobtreeR provides an R interface to the biobtree tool for searching and performing chain mappings across large sets of bioinformatics datasets.

Key Features:

• Biobtree Integration: The package interfaces with the biobtree tool to access its bioinformatics dataset coverage and functionalities.
• Search Functionality: Enables search operations across large sets of bioinformatics datasets.
• Chain Mappings: Supports chain mappings functionalities across bioinformatics datasets.

Scientific Applications:

• Bioinformatics Data Exploration: Facilitates exploration and querying of large-scale bioinformatics datasets from R.
• Cross-Database Mapping: Enables chain mappings between different bioinformatics datasets and resources.

Methodology:

The package provides an R interface to the biobtree tool; specific computational methods are implemented by the underlying biobtree tool.