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RCy3

Functions to Access and Control Cytoscape

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 2.32.0

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3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release)

Vizualize, analyze and explore networks using Cytoscape via R. Anything you can do using the graphical user interface of Cytoscape, you can now do with a single RCy3 function.

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.RCy3

Installation

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("RCy3")

Details

MaintainerJing Chen <jingjingbic@gmail.com>
AuthorJing Chen [cre], Alex Pico [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5706-2163>), Tanja Muetze [aut], Paul Shannon [aut], Ruth Isserlin [ctb], Shraddha Pai [ctb], Julia Gustavsen [ctb], Georgi Kolishovski [ctb], Yihang Xin [ctb]
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
URLhttps://github.com/cytoscape/RCy3
Bug Reportshttps://github.com/cytoscape/RCy3/issues
System RequirementsCytoscape (>= 3.7.1), CyREST (>= 3.8.0)
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
Build report Bioconductor build system, r-universe
biocViewsGraphAndNetwork, Network, Software, ThirdPartyClient, Visualization
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/RCy3/

Citation

From within R, enter citation("RCy3"):

Alex Pico, Tanja Muetze, Paul Shannon. RCy3: Functions to Access and Control Cytoscape. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.RCy3, R package version 2.32.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/RCy3.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Documentation

Download

Follow the installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source packageRCy3_2.32.0.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)RCy3_2.32.0.zip
macOS binary (arm64)RCy3_2.32.0.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)RCy3_2.32.0.tgz
Dependencies

Imports: httr, methods, RJSONIO, XML, utils, BiocGenerics, stats, graph, fs, uuid, stringi, glue, RCurl, base64url, base64enc, IRkernel, IRdisplay, RColorBrewer, gplots

Suggests: BiocStyle, knitr, rmarkdown, igraph, grDevices

Reverse dependencies

Imports Me (15): categoryCompare, CeTF, dendroNetwork, enrichViewNet, fedup, GeneNetworkBuilder, lilikoi, MetaPhOR, MOGAMUN, NCIgraph, netgsa, netZooR, regutools, ScriptMapR, transomics2cytoscape

Suggests Me (4): graphite, rScudo, sharp, tidysbml