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biocLite("limma")

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limma

This package is for version 2.8 of Bioconductor; for the stable, up-to-date release version, see limma.

Linear Models for Microarray Data

Bioconductor version: 2.8

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

Author: Gordon Smyth with contributions from Matthew Ritchie, Jeremy Silver, James Wettenhall, Natalie Thorne, Mette Langaas, Egil Ferkingstad, Marcus Davy, Francois Pepin, Dongseok Choi, Davis McCarthy, Di Wu, Alicia Oshlack, Carolyn de Graaf, Yifang Hu, Wei Shi and Belinda Phipson.

Maintainer: Gordon Smyth <smyth at wehi.edu.au>

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

Installation

To install this package, start R and enter:

## try http:// if https:// URLs are not supported
source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite("limma")

Documentation

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

browseVignettes("limma")

PDF		limma.pdf
PDF		usersguide.pdf
PDF		Reference Manual

Details

biocViews	Bioinformatics, DataImport, DifferentialExpression, Microarray, MultipleComparisons, OneChannel, Preprocessing, QualityControl, Software, TimeCourse, TwoChannel
Version	3.8.3
In Bioconductor since	BioC 1.6 (R-2.1) or earlier (> 11 years)
License	LGPL
Depends	R (>= 2.3.0), methods
Imports
LinkingTo
Suggests	affy, MASS, org.Hs.eg.db, splines, statmod (>= 1.2.2), vsn
SystemRequirements
Enhances
URL	http://bioinf.wehi.edu.au/limma
Depends On Me	a4Base, AffyExpress, affylmGUI, Agi4x44PreProcess, AgiMicroRna, attract, CALIB, CCl4, cghMCR, ChIPpeakAnno, clippda, codelink, convert, coRNAi, HTqPCR, limmaGUI, LVSmiRNA, maDB, maigesPack, marray, nem, oneChannelGUI, qpcrNorm, Ringo, RMAGEML, RTools4TB, snapCGH, TurboNorm
Imports Me	affycoretools, ArrayExpress, arrayQuality, arrayQualityMetrics, ArrayTools, attract, beadarray, betr, CALIB, ChIPpeakAnno, edgeR, explorase, GeneSelector, HTqPCR, iChip, maSigPro, OLIN, PatientGeneSets, phenoTest, Ringo, RNAinteract, RNAither, snapCGH, SSPA, timecourse, vsn
Suggests Me	ABarray, beadarraySNP, BiocCaseStudies, BioNet, Category, CMA, dyebias, GeneSelector, GEOquery, GSRI, GSVA, les, lumi, methylumi, MLP, oligo, PGSEA, plw, puma, rtracklayer
Build Report

Package Archives

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Package Source	limma_3.8.3.tar.gz
Windows Binary	limma_3.8.3.zip (32- & 64-bit)
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
Subversion source	(username/password: readonly)
Git source	https://github.com/Bioconductor-mirror/limma/tree/release-2.8
Package Short Url	http://bioconductor.org/packages/limma/
Package Downloads Report	Download Stats

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