der {chipPCR}

Class "der"

Description

An S4 class containing the output inder function.

Value

A class for a matrix of derivatives from amplifications curve data of a qPCR experiment.

Slots

.Data:

"matrix" is a matrix containing smoothed data as well as the first and second derivative.

method:

"character" used method of smoothing.

Methods

summary

signature(object = "der"): calculates and prints approximate first derivative maximum, second derivative maximum, second derivative minimum and second derivative center. See summary.der.

show

signature(object = "der"): prints only .Data slot of the object.

Author(s)

Stefan Roediger, Michal Burdukiewicz

See Also

inder

Examples

pcr <- AmpSim(cyc = 1:40)
res <- inder(pcr[, 1], pcr[, 2])
sums <- summary(res)
print(sums)