Hi!

1.  I'm trying to plot coding and non-coding regions via the thinBoxFeature for an UCSC track. So far, I have downloaded the corresponding UCSC Track:

refGenes <- UcscTrack(genome = "hg19", chromosome = "chr1", track = "refGene", from=193028552, to=193060906, trackType = "GeneRegionTrack", rstarts = "exonStarts", rends = "exonEnds", gene = "name", symbol = "name", transcript = "name", strand = "strand", fill = "#8282d2", name = "refGene")


​However, I have not found a solution to define a feature for the download. I have tried the same with downloading a Biomart Track, and that worked:

biomTrack <- BiomartGeneRegionTrack(genome = "hg19", chromosome = "chr1", start = 193019886, end = 193065000, name = "RefSeq") 

feature(biomTrack) [1] "utr5" "utr5" "protein_coding" "utr5" "protein_coding" "utr5" "utr5" [8] "utr5" "protein_coding" "utr5" "utr5" ... 

2. ​In my plot the genes should have two names: the RefSeq gene Symbol (name2) and the UCSC name (name). Is there a smart way to define the names, other than downloading two tables/tracks ("refGene" and "knownGene") and combine them afterwards? 

Thank you in advance, Angela 


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