msig:An R Package for Exploring Molecular Signatures Database
The Molecular Signatures Database ('MSigDB') is one of the most widely used and comprehensive databases of gene sets for
performing gene set enrichment analysis
<doi:10.1016/j.cels.2015.12.004>. The 'msig' package provides
you with powerful, easy-to-use and flexible query functions for
the 'MsigDB' database. There are 2 query modes in the 'msig'
package: online query and local query. Both queries contain 2
steps: gene set name and gene. The online search is divided
into 2 modes: registered search and non-registered browse. For
registered search, email that you registered should be
provided. Local queries can be made from local database, which
can be updated by msig_update() function.
