Search if an exon is within an exon group.

Search if an exon is within an exon group.

Usage

exon_search(exon, exons_group, sep = "|")

Arguments

exon

The specified exon to be observed.

exons_group

A vector of strings, each one is a meta-exon

sep

The separator between each exon in the meta-exon

Value

A numerical value representing the id of the meta-exon which incorporated the specified exon.

Details

Some exons can be merged into a meta-exon due to co-existence or mutually exclusiveness, when such exons are required to be observed, we need to search them in the meta-exon.