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SingleCellExperiment

This is the released version of SingleCellExperiment; for the devel version, see SingleCellExperiment.

All versions 3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release), 3.22, 3.21, 3.20, 3.19, 3.18, 3.17, 3.16, 3.15, 3.14, 3.13, 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6

S4 Classes for Single Cell Data


Bioconductor version: Release (3.23)

Defines a S4 class for storing data from single-cell experiments. This includes specialized methods to store and retrieve spike-in information, dimensionality reduction coordinates and size factors for each cell, along with the usual metadata for genes and libraries.

Author: Aaron Lun [aut, cph], Davide Risso [aut, cre, cph], Keegan Korthauer [ctb], Kevin Rue-Albrecht [ctb], Luke Zappia [ctb] (ORCID: ORCID iD ORCID: 0000-0001-7744-8565 , github: lazappi)

Maintainer: Davide Risso <risso.davide at gmail.com>

Citation (from within R, enter citation("SingleCellExperiment")):

Aaron Lun, Davide Risso. SingleCellExperiment: S4 Classes for Single Cell Data. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.SingleCellExperiment, R package version 1.34.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/SingleCellExperiment.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Installation

To install this package, start R (version "4.6") and enter:

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

BiocManager::install("SingleCellExperiment")

For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("SingleCellExperiment")
An introduction to the SingleCellExperiment class HTML R Script
Applying a function over a SingleCellExperiment's contents HTML R Script
Developing around the SingleCellExperiment class HTML R Script
Reference ManualPDF
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Details

biocViews DataImport, DataRepresentation, ImmunoOncology, Infrastructure, SingleCell, Software
Version1.34.0
In Bioconductor sinceBioC 3.6 (R-3.4) (9 years)
License GPL-3
Depends SummarizedExperiment
Imports methods, utils, stats, S4Vectors, BiocGenerics, GenomicRanges, DelayedArray
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Suggests testthat, BiocStyle, knitr, rmarkdown, Matrix, scRNAseq (>= 2.9.1), Rtsne
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Depends On Me alabaster.sce, BASiCS, batchelor, BayesSpace, CATALYST, celda, CellBench, CelliD, CellTrails, CHETAH, chevreulPlot, chevreulProcess, chevreulShiny, clusterExperiment, cydar, cytomapper, DeeDeeExperiment, demuxSNP, DIscBIO, dreamlet, DropletUtils, epiregulon, epiregulon.extra, ExperimentSubset, GraphExperiment, HCAData, imcdatasets, imcExperiment, iSEE, iSEEhub, iSEEindex, karyotapR, LoomExperiment, MAST, mia, MouseAgingData, MouseGastrulationData, MouseThymusAgeing, mumosa, muscData, omicsGMF, POWSC, scAnnotatR, scATAC.Explorer, scater, scDataviz, scDblFinder, scGPS, schex, scMultiome, scPipe, scran, scRNAseq, scuttle, scviR, simPIC, SingleCellAlleleExperiment, singleCellTK, SiPSiC, SpatialExperiment, splatter, STexampleData, switchde, TENxBrainData, TENxIO, TENxPBMCData, tidySingleCellExperiment, TMExplorer, TrajectoryUtils, TreeSummarizedExperiment, tricycle, TSCAN, WeberDivechaLCdata, zinbwave
Imports Me ADImpute, aggregateBioVar, airpart, alabaster.sfe, anansi, anglemania, APL, ASURAT, atacInferCnv, Banksy, BASiCStan, BatChef, bayNorm, blase, BUSseq, CARDspa, CatsCradle, ccfindR, ccImpute, CDI, CellMentor, CellMixS, Cepo, ChromSCape, CiteFuse, ClusterFoldSimilarity, ClusterGVis, clustifyr, clustSIGNAL, CoGAPS, concordexR, condiments, Coralysis, corral, COTAN, crumblr, CTexploreR, CuratedAtlasQueryR, cytofQC, cytoviewer, dandelionR, decontX, DeconvoBuddies, destiny, DifferentialRegulation, Dino, distinct, dittoSeq, DOtools, EMTscoreData, escheR, EWCE, FEAST, fishpond, FLAMES, ggsc, ggspavis, glmGamPoi, GloScope, GSVA, HCATonsilData, HIPPO, Ibex, ILoReg, imageFeatureTCGA, imcRtools, immApex, immLynx, infercnv, iSEEfier, iSEEtree, iSEEu, lemur, lisaClust, looking4clusters, mastR, mbkmeans, MEB, MerfishData, MetaNeighbor, miaDash, miaTime, miaViz, mikropml, miloR, miQC, mist, mixhvg, MPAC, MuData, muscat, Nebulosa, netSmooth, NewWave, nnSVG, partCNV, peco, pipeComp, projectR, raer, raerdata, RCSL, RegionalST, RUCova, SanityR, SC3, scafari, SCArray, scBFA, scCB2, sccomp, scDD, scDDboost, scDesign3, scDiagnostics, scDotPlot, scds, scGraphVerse, scHOT, scider, SCIntRuler, scLang, sclValid, scmap, scMerge, scMET, SCnorm, scone, scp, scpdata, scQTLtools, scReClassify, scRepertoire, scRNAseqApp, scROSHI, scruff, scry, scTensor, scTGIF, scTreeViz, SETA, shinyDSP, singIST, SingleCellMultiModal, slalom, slingshot, sosta, Spaniel, SpaNorm, SpatialExperimentIO, SpatialFeatureExperiment, spatialHeatmap, spatialLIBD, speckle, spicyR, SplineDV, SpNeigh, SPOTlight, SpotSweeper, SPsimSeq, standR, StatescopeR, Statial, stPipe, SVP, TabulaMurisSenisData, tidySpatialExperiment, tpSVG, tradeSeq, treekoR, UCell, VAExprs, VDJdive, velociraptor, VisiumIO, visiumStitched, Voyager, waddR, xCell2, XeniumIO, xenLite, zellkonverter
Suggests Me ANCOMBC, anndataR, bioIOT, Canek, cellxgenedp, clustree, CTdata, cudaverse, CytoSimplex, DEsingle, dominoSignal, dorothea, DuoClustering2018, dyngen, escape, ExperimentHub, FuseSOM, futurize, gedi2, genomicInstability, GEOquery, ggmlR, GSE103322, harf, harmony, hca, HDF5Array, HVP, InteractiveComplexHeatmap, jazzPanda, lstar, M3Drop, microbiomeDataSets, microSTASIS, MOFA2, MOSim, nebula, nemoR, ontoProc, phenopath, PIUMA, presto, progeny, QFeatures, RaceID, radEmu, RankMap, ReactomeGSA, rliger, scBubbletree, scConform, scFeatureFilter, scFlex, scLANE, scPassport, scPCA, scrapper, scToppR, scTypeEval, Seqtometry, Seurat, simpleSingleCell, singleCellHaystack, SingleR, sketchR, SummarizedExperiment, SuperCell, SuperCellCyto, SVG, TabulaMurisData, tidydr, tidytof, TREG, updateObject
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Source Package SingleCellExperiment_1.34.0.tar.gz
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Source Repositorygit clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/SingleCellExperiment
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Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/SingleCellExperiment/
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