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limma

Linear Models for Microarray and Omics Data

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 3.68.5

Data analysis, linear models and differential expression for omics data.

Installation

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("limma")

Details

MaintainerGordon Smyth <smyth@wehi.edu.au>
AuthorGordon Smyth [cre, aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-2892>), Yifang Hu [ctb], Matthew Ritchie [ctb], Jeremy Silver [ctb], James Wettenhall [ctb], Davis McCarthy [ctb], Di Wu [ctb], Wei Shi [ctb], Belinda Phipson [ctb], Aaron Lun [ctb], Natalie Thorne [ctb], Alicia Oshlack [ctb], Carolyn de Graaf [ctb], Yunshun Chen [ctb], Goknur Giner [ctb], Mette Langaas [ctb], Egil Ferkingstad [ctb], Marcus Davy [ctb], Francois Pepin [ctb], Dongseok Choi [ctb], Charity Law [ctb], Mengbo Li [ctb], Lizhong Chen [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-6781>)
LicenseGPL (>=2)
URLhttps://bioinf.wehi.edu.au/limma/
Downloads rank42915
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
biocViewsAlternativeSplicing, BatchEffect, Bayesian, BiomedicalInformatics, CellBiology, Cheminformatics, Clustering, DataImport, DifferentialExpression, DifferentialSplicing, Epigenetics, ExonArray, FunctionalGenomics, GeneExpression, GeneSetEnrichment, Genetics, ImmunoOncology, Metabolomics, MicroRNAArray, Microarray, MultipleComparison, Normalization, OneChannel, Preprocessing, ProprietaryPlatforms, Proteomics, QualityControl, RNASeq, Regression, Sequencing, Software, SystemsBiology, TimeCourse, Transcription, Transcriptomics, TwoChannel, mRNAMicroarray

Documentation

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Source packagelimma_3.68.5.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)limma_3.68.5.zip
macOS binary (arm64)limma_3.68.5.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)limma_3.68.5.tgz
Dependencies

Depends: R (>= 3.6.0)

Imports: grDevices, graphics, stats, utils, methods, statmod

Suggests: BiasedUrn, ellipse, gplots, knitr, locfit, MASS, splines, affy, AnnotationDbi, Biobase, BiocStyle, GO.db, illuminaio, org.Hs.eg.db, vsn

Reverse dependencies

Depends On Me (55): AgiMicroRna, ASpli, BALLI, BioInsight, BLMA, CCl4, CEDA, cghMCR, ChimpHumanBrainData, clippda, codelink, convert, Cormotif, cp4p, DAAGbio, DEqMS, DRomics, DrugVsDisease, edgeR, EGSEA123, ExiMiR, ExpressionAtlas, Fletcher2013a, fmt, GEOexplorer, HD2013SGI, HTqPCR, IsoformSwitchAnalyzeR, limpa, maPredictDSC, marray, metagenomeSeq, metaseqR2, methylationArrayAnalysis, mpra, NanoTube, octad, PerfMeas, protGear, qpcrNorm, qusage, RBM, ReactomeGSA.data, RNAseq123, RnBeads, Rnits, splineTimeR, TMSig, TOAST, tRanslatome, ttScreening, TurboNorm, variancePartition, wateRmelon, zenith

Imports Me (262): a4Base, ABSSeq, affycoretools, affylmGUI, AMARETTO, animalcules, anota2seq, ArrayExpress, arrayQuality, arrayQualityMetrics, artMS, ATACseqQC, ATACseqTFEA, attract, autonomics, AWFisher, ballgown, barbieQ, BatChef, BatchQC, batchtma, beadarray, BeadArrayUseCases, benchdamic, BERT, biotmle, BloodGen3Module, bnem, BPM, bsseq, BubbleTree, bumphunter, Cascade, casper, ChAMP, cinaR, CleanUpRNAseq, clusterExperiment, CNVRanger, combi, compcodeR, CONFESS, consensusOV, crlmm, csaw, cTRAP, ctsGE, DAMEfinder, damidBind, DaMiRseq, debrowser, DeeDeeExperiment, DELocal, derfinderPlot, DESpace, DEsubs, DExMA, DiffBind, diffcyt, diffHic, diffUTR, diffwrap, DiPALM, distinct, DMRcate, Doscheda, dreamlet, DRIMSeq, dsb, DspikeIn, EGAD, EGSEA, eisaR, eLNNpairedCov, EnrichmentBrowser, epigraHMM, EpiMix, erccdashboard, EventPointer, EWCE, ExpHunterSuite, ExploreModelMatrix, ExpressionNormalizationWorkflow, flowBin, gCrisprTools, GDCRNATools, genefu, GeneSelectMMD, GEOquery, gg4way, gINTomics, Glimma, GRaNIE, GSEMA, GUIDEseq, GWAS.BAYES, GWASbyCluster, HarmonizR, hermes, HERON, hicream, hipathia, HTqPCR, icetea, iCheck, iChip, iCOBRA, ideal, InPAS, isomiRs, KnowSeq, lemur, lfproQC, lilikoi, limmaGUI, limorhyde2, LimROTS, Linnorm, lipidomeR, lipidr, lmdme, markeR, mastR, MatrixQCvis, MBECS, MBQN, mCSEA, MEAL, MetAlyzer, metaMA, MetaProViz, methylKit, MethylMix, mi4p, microbiomeExplorer, miloR, minfi, MIRit, miRLAB, miRtest, missMethyl, MKmisc, MKomics, MLSeq, monocle, MoonlightR, MSclassifR, msImpute, mspms, msqrob2, MSstats, MSstatsTMT, MultiDataSet, muscat, mutscan, NADfinder, NanoMethViz, nethet, netZooR, newIMVC, nlcv, nondetects, NormalyzerDE, notameViz, OLIN, omicRexposome, oncoPredict, OncoSubtype, OVESEG, PAA, PADOG, pairedGSEA, PanomiR, PathoStat, Patterns, pcaExplorer, PECA, PepSetTest, pepStat, phantasus, phenomis, phenoTest, PhosR, plfMA, PolySTest, POMA, POWSC, proBatch, projectR, promor, PRONE, psichomics, qmtools, qPLEXanalyzer, qsea, RANKS, rCGH, RCPA, recountWorkflow, RegEnrich, regsplice, ReportingTools, RFGeneRank, RFLOMICS, RNAseqCovarImpute, roastgsa, robusttseq, ROSeq, RPPanalyzer, RTN, RTopper, saseR, satuRn, scBio, scClassify, scGOclust, scone, scQTLtools, scran, ScreenR, scROSHI, scviR, seqsetvis, shinyDSP, shinyepico, signatureSearchData, singleCellTK, SmartPhos, sparrow, spatialLIBD, speckle, SpNeigh, SPsimSeq, ssizeRNA, standR, STATegRa, Statial, structToolbox, sva, tidyexposomics, timecourse, tinyarray, TOP, ToxicoGx, TPP, TPP2D, transcriptogramer, TransProR, treediff, TVTB, tweeDEseq, unifiedWMWqPCR, VISTA, vsclust, vsn, weitrix, Wrench, wrProteo, XAItest, XYomics, yamss, yarn

Suggests Me (118): ABarray, ADaCGH2, AnnoProbe, aroma.affymetrix, arrays, Biobase, biobroom, BiocSet, BioNet, BioQC, blase, BloodCancerMultiOmics2017, broadSeq, bugphyzz, CAGEWorkflow, canvasXpress, Category, categoryCompare, celaref, CellBench, CellMixS, ChIPpeakAnno, ClassifyR, CMA, coGPS, CONSTANd, corncob, cydar, Damsel, DAPAR, dar, dearseq, DEGreport, derfinder, DEScan2, DGEobj.utils, dyebias, easybio, easyreporting, EnMCB, extraChIPs, fgsea, fishpond, fluentGenomics, gage, GeoTcgaData, GeuvadisTranscriptExpr, geva, ggpicrust2, GiANT, glmGamPoi, GSRI, GSVA, Harman, Heatplus, hexbin, inDAGO, IOBR, iSEEde, isobar, ivygapSE, les, limorhyde, lionessR, lumi, maGUI, mammaPrintData, MAST, methylumi, MLP, MosaiClusteR, msigdb, NACHO, npGSEA, oligo, oppar, pctax, piano, pmartR, PREDA, proDA, protti, puma, QFeatures, qsvaR, raer, randRotation, recountmethylation, RepeatedHighDim, ribosomeProfilingQC, rtracklayer, Rvisdiff, scFeatures, seqgendiff, Seurat, SeuratExplorer, seventyGeneData, signifinder, simphony, simpleSingleCell, spatialHeatmap, SpliceWiz, st, stageR, subSeq, systemPipeR, tadar, TCGAbiolinks, TFEA.ChIP, tidybulk, topconfects, tximeta, tximport, ViSEAGO, volcano3D, wrGraph, wrMisc, zFPKM