maxQuant {MatrixQCvis} | R Documentation

## Convert MaxQuant xlsx output to 'SummarizedExperiment' object

### Description

The function 'maxQuant' will create a 'SummarizedExperiment' from a MaxQuant xlsx file. The function 'maxQuant' takes as input the path to a .xlsx file (MaxQuant output) and additional parameters given to the 'read.xlsx' function from the 'openxlsx' package (e.g. specifying the sheet name or index by 'sheet').

### Usage

    maxQuant(file, type = c("iBAQ", "LFQ"), sheet, ...)

### Arguments

`file` | 'character'
`type` | 'character', either 'iBAQ' or 'LFQ'
`sheet` | 'character' or 'numeric', the name or index of the sheet to read data from
`...` | additional parameters given to 'read.xslx'

### Details

The argument 'type' will specify if the 'iBAQ' or 'LFQ' values are taken.

### Value

'SummarizedExperiment' object

### Examples

    file <- "path/to/maxQuant/object"
    maxQuant(file = file, type = "iBAQ", sheet = 1)

[Package MatrixQCvis version 1.0.0 Index]