23 June 2018

I study proteins

  • Proteins - the molecular engines of our bodies
  • Muscles moving - sliding proteins together
  • Neurons firing - protein channels in our brain
  • Food Eating - proteins cutting up lunch

drawProteins Package

  • Built a package to generate visualistions of these proteins
  • Rvests data from UniProt - public database
  • Turns data into data.frame
  • Draws a ggplot object
  • Available through Bioconductor

drawProteins Package - demo

Keratin - an important skin and hair protein

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Package development - key learning points

Package development - folder structure

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