R: Update IGHV allele names

updateAlleleNames {tigger} | R Documentation

## Update IGHV allele names

### Description

`updateAlleleNames` takes a set of IGHV allele calls and replaces any outdated names (e.g. IGHV1-f) with the new IMGT names.

### Usage

    updateAlleleNames(allele_calls)

### Arguments

`allele_calls` | vector of strings respresenting IGHV allele names.

### Value

Vector of strings respresenting updated IGHV allele names.

### Note

IGMT has removed `IGHV2-5*10` and `IGHV2-5*07` as it has determined they are actually alleles `02` and `04`, respectively. The updated allele names are based on IMGT release 2014-08-4.

### References

1. Xochelli et al. (2014) Immunoglobulin heavy variable (IGHV) genes and alleles: new entities, new names and implications for research and prognostication in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Immunogenetics. 67(1):61-6

### See Also

Like `updateAlleleNames`, sortAlleles can help format a list of allele names.

### Examples

    # Create a vector that uses old gene/allele names.
    alleles <- c("IGHV1-c*01", "IGHV1-f*02", "IGHV2-5*07")

    # Update the alleles to the new names
    updateAlleleNames(alleles)

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