Get the STRING db entry of a species

Get the respective STRINGdb object of your species of interest

getStringDB(
  species,
  version = "11.5",
  score_threshold = 0,
  cache_location = FALSE
)

Arguments

species

numeric, the NCBI ID of the species of interest

version

character, The STRINGdb version to use, defaults to the current version

score_threshold

numeric, A score threshold to cut the retrieved interactions, defaults to 0 (all interactions)

cache_location

Logical value, defining whether to use the BiocFileCache for retrieval of the files underlying the STRINGdb object. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

a STRINGdb object of species

Examples

species <- getId(species = "Homo sapiens")
string_db <- getStringDB(as.numeric(species))