create_data {BANDITS} | R Documentation

## Create a 'BANDITS_data' object

### Description

`create_data` imports the equivalence classes and create a 'BANDITS_data' object.

### Usage

    create_data(salmon_or_kallisto, gene_to_transcript,
      salmon_path_to_eq_classes = NULL, kallisto_equiv_classes = NULL,
      kallisto_equiv_counts = NULL, kallisto_counts = NULL, eff_len,
      n_cores = NULL, transcripts_to_keep = NULL,
      max_genes_per_group = 50)

### Arguments

`salmon_or_kallisto` | a character string indicating the input data: 'salmon' or 'kallisto'.
`gene_to_transcript` | a matrix or data.frame with a list of gene-to-transcript correspondances. The first column represents the gene id, while the second one contains the transcript id.
`salmon_path_to_eq_classes` | (for salmon input only) a vector of length equals to the number of samples: each element indicates the path to the equivalence classes of the respective sample (computed by salmon).
`kallisto_equiv_classes` | (for kallisto input only) a vector of length equals to the number of samples: each element indicates the path to the equivalence classes ('.ec' files) of the respective sample (computed by kallisto).
`kallisto_equiv_counts` | (for kallisto input only) a vector of length equals to the number of samples: each element indicates the path to the counts of the equivalence classes ('.tsv' files) of the respective sample (computed by kallisto).
`kallisto_counts` | (for kallisto input only) a matrix or data.frame, with 1 column per sample and 1 row per transcript, containing the estimated abundances for each transcript in each sample, computed by kallisto. The matrix must be unfiltered and the order or rows must be unchanged.
`eff_len` | a vector containing the effective length of transcripts; the vector names indicate the transcript ids. Ideally, created via `eff_len_compute`.
`n_cores` | the number of cores to parallelize the tasks on. It is highly suggested to use at least one core per sample (default if not specificied by the user).
`transcripts_to_keep` | a vector containing the list of transcripts to keep. Ideally, created via `filter_transcripts`.
`max_genes_per_group` | an integer number specifying the maximum number of genes that each group can contain. When equivalence classes contain transcripts from distinct genes, these genes are analyzed together. For computational reasons, 'max_genes_per_group' sets a limit to the number of genes that each group can contain.

### Value

A `BANDITS_data` object.

### Author(s)

Simone Tiberi simone.tiberi@uzh.ch

### See Also

`eff_len_compute`, `filter_transcripts`, `filter_genes`, `BANDITS_data`

### Examples

    # specify the directory of the internal data:
    data_dir = system.file("extdata", package = "BANDITS")

    # load gene_to_transcript matching:
    data("gene_tr_id", package = "BANDITS")

    # Specify the directory of the transcript level estimated counts.
    sample_names = paste0("sample", seq_len(4))
    quant_files = file.path(data_dir, "STAR-salmon", sample_names, "quant.sf")

    # Load the transcript level estimated counts via tximport:
    library(tximport)
    txi = tximport(files = quant_files, type = "salmon", txOut = TRUE)
    counts = txi$counts

    # Optional (recommended): transcript pre-filtering
    transcripts_to_keep = filter_transcripts(gene_to_transcript = gene_tr_id,
                                             transcript_counts = counts,
                                             min_transcript_proportion = 0.01,
                                             min_transcript_counts = 10,
                                             min_gene_counts = 20)

    # compute the Median estimated effective length for each transcript:
    eff_len = eff_len_compute(x_eff_len = txi$length)

    # specify the path to the equivalence classes:
    equiv_classes_files = file.path(data_dir, "STAR-salmon", sample_names, "aux_info", "eq_classes.txt")

    # create data from 'salmon' and filter internally lowly abundant transcripts:
    input_data = create_data(salmon_or_kallisto = "salmon",
                             gene_to_transcript = gene_tr_id,
                             salmon_path_to_eq_classes = equiv_classes_files,
                             eff_len = eff_len,
                             n_cores = 2,
                             transcripts_to_keep = transcripts_to_keep)
    input_data

    # create data from 'kallisto' and filter internally lowly abundant transcripts:
    kallisto_equiv_classes = file.path(data_dir, "kallisto", sample_names, "pseudoalignments.ec")
    kallisto_equiv_counts  = file.path(data_dir, "kallisto", sample_names, "pseudoalignments.tsv")

    input_data_2 = create_data(salmon_or_kallisto = "kallisto",
                              gene_to_transcript = gene_tr_id,
                              kallisto_equiv_classes = kallisto_equiv_classes,
                              kallisto_equiv_counts = kallisto_equiv_counts,
                              kallisto_counts = counts,
                              eff_len = eff_len, n_cores = 2,
                              transcripts_to_keep = transcripts_to_keep)
    input_data_2

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