First, install the corresponding affimatrix chip name: source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") biocLite("hu35ksuba") second, upload the package from R third, read the your desired transfer: x <- hu35ksubaUNIGENE # Get the probe identifiers that are mapped to an UNIGENE ID mapped_probes <- mappedkeys(x) # Convert to a list xx <- as.list(x[mapped_probes]) if(length(xx) > 0) { # Get the UNIGENE for the first five probes xx[1:5] # Get the first one xx[[1]] } last, write into file: dput(xx,'aaaaa')