pyNBS.gene_conversion_tools.convert_custom_namelist

This function is used when sometimes each node needs to be converted by its best match if there are multiple names per node. This function uses the match_table constructed earlier to convert genes to either Symbol or Entrez format only.

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Function Call:

convert_custom_namelist(names, field, match_table)

Parameters:

• names (required, list): A list of names that one node may have.
• field (required, str): Filed of interest. There are two options: "symbol" and "entrez".
• match_table (required, pandas.DataFrame): DataFrame that matches gene to its corresponding name in Symbol or EntrezID.

Returns:

• converted_namelist (list): The edge list in which gene names are converted based on the input match_table.