limmaTwoGroups {nlcv}

Wrapper around limma for the comparison of two groups

Description

Wrapper around limma for the comparison of two groups

Usage

limmaTwoGroups(object, group)

Arguments

object

object of class ExpressionSet

group

string indicating the variable defining the two groups to be compared

Details

Basically, the wrapper combines the lmFit, eBayes and topTable steps

Value

topTable output for the second (i.e. slope) coefficient of the linear model.

Author(s)

Tobias Verbeke

References

Smyth, G. K. (2004). Linear models and empirical Bayes methods for assessing differential expression in microarray experiments. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vol. 3, No. 1, Article 3.

http://www.bepress.com/sagmb/vol3/iss1/art3