# Biobase: Base functions for Bioconductor

## Documentation for package `Biobase' version 1.9.2

## User Guides and Package Vignettes

Read overview or browse directory.

## Help Pages

A B C D E G I L M N O P R S T U V W

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Biobase-package | Biobase Package Overview

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aaMap | Dataset: Names and Characteristics of Amino Acids
addVigs2WinMenu | Add Menu Items to an Existing/New Menu of Window
Aggregate | A Simple Aggregation Mechanism.
aggregator | A Simple Class for Aggregators
annotatedDataset | Virtual Superset for 'exprSet', 'eSet' etc.
as.data.frame.exprSet | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them
assayData | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata

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Biobase | Biobase Package Overview

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class:aggregator | A Simple Class for Aggregators
class:annotatedDataset | Virtual Superset for 'exprSet', 'eSet' etc.
class:characterORMIAME | Class to Make Older Versions Compatible
class:container | A Lockable List Structure with Constraints on Content
class:eSet | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata
class:exprList | Class Union of a List and an Environment
class:exprMatrix | Class Union for Objects Behaving Like a Matrix
class:exprSet | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them
class:MIAME | Class for Storing Microarray Experiment Information
class:phenoData | Class For Patient or Experiment Level Data
combine | Combine Data Into a Single Object.
container | A Lockable List Structure with Constraints on Content
contents | Function to retrieve contents of environments
copyEnv | List-Environment interactions
copySubstitute | Copy Between Connections or Files with Configure-Like Name-Value Substitution
createPackage | Create a Package Directory from a Template

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data:aaMap | Dataset: Names and Characteristics of Amino Acids
data:eset | Dataset of class 'exprSet'
data:exSet | Dataset of class 'exprSet'
data:geneData | A subset of some expression data.
dumpPackTxt | Dump Textual Description of a Package

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eList | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata
esApply | Apply for the Expression Data in 'exprSet'
eSet | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata
eset | Dataset of class 'exprSet'
exprs2excel | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them
exprSet | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them
exSet | Dataset of class 'exprSet'

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geneCovariate | A subset of some expression data.
geneData | A subset of some expression data.
getPkgVigs | List Vignette Files for a Package
golubMergeSub | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata

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isUnique | Determine Unique Elements

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l2e | List-Environment interactions
listLen | List-Environment interactions
listOrEnv | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata

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MIAME | Class for Storing Microarray Experiment Information
multiassign | Assign Values to a Names

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note | Informational Messages

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openPDF | Open PDF Files in a Standard Viewer
openVignette | Open a Vignette or Show Vignette Selection Menu

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package.version | Report Version of a Package
pData | Class For Patient or Experiment Level Data
phenoData | Class For Patient or Experiment Level Data

## -- R --

read.exprSet | Read Experimental Data and into an 'exprSet' Object
read.MIAME | Read MIAME Information into an Instance of Class 'MIAME'
read.phenoData | Read 'phenoData'
reporter | Example Data Frame Object for the ReporterInfo Slot
reverseSplit | A function to reverse the role of names and values in a list.
rowMax | A function to compute empirical row quantiles.
rowMedians | A function to compute empirical row quantiles.
rowMin | A function to compute empirical row quantiles.
rowQ | A function to compute empirical row quantiles.

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seD | A subset of some expression data.
split | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them
strbreak | Break Character Strings to Fit Width
SW | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata
SWPD | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata
swrep | General Container for High-Throughput Assays and Experimental Metadata

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testBioCConnection | A function to check internet connectivity to Bioconductor

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update2MIAME | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them

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varMetadata | Class For Patient or Experiment Level Data

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write.exprs | Class for Microarray Data and Methods for Processing Them