matrixByPlate            package:qpcrNorm            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This function takes a vector of Ct values from a single qPCR
     experiment and  reorganizes it into a matrix structure. Each
     column in the matrix represents a  different plate that was used
     in the experiment.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     matrixByPlate(xvec, plateIndex)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    xvec: Numeric vector of Ct values. 

plateIndex: Character vector, denoting plate index of each gene or
          primer pair. 

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     On the resulting matrix structure: 
      The number of rows equals the maximum number of genes or primer
     pairs that were used on a plate in the experiment.  For plates
     with less genes, NA values are padded at the end of the column
     vector to complete the rectangular structure.  Note: these NA
     values do not affect downstream calculations.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A 'matrix' object.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jess Mar jess@jimmy.harvard.edu

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'normQpcrQuantile'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

             data(qpcrBatch.object)
             mynormQuant.data <- normQpcrQuantile(qpcrBatch.object) 

