Build a VEP region string from variant components

Pure. VEP's region endpoint takes a VCF-like string.

Usage

vep_region(chrom, pos, ref, alt)

Arguments

chrom

A chromosome, with or without a chr prefix.

pos

A 1-based position.

ref, alt

Reference and alternate alleles.

Value

A single string.

References

McLaren et al. (2016). The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor. Genome Biology 17, 122. doi:10.1186/s13059-016-0974-4

Service documentation: https://rest.ensembl.org/

Examples

vep_region("7", 140753336, "A", "T")
#> [1] "7 140753336 . A T . . ."