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DESeq2

This is the released version of DESeq2; for the devel version, see DESeq2.

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Differential gene expression analysis based on the negative binomial distribution


Bioconductor version: Release (3.23)

Estimate variance-mean dependence in count data from high-throughput sequencing assays and test for differential expression based on a model using the negative binomial distribution.

Author: Michael Love [aut, cre], Constantin Ahlmann-Eltze [ctb], Anqi Zhu [ctb], Nikolaos Ignatiadis [ctb], Raphael Rossellini [ctb], Kwame Forbes [ctb], Simon Anders [aut, ctb], Wolfgang Huber [aut, ctb], RADIANT EU FP7 [fnd], NIH NHGRI [fnd], CZI [fnd]

Maintainer: Michael Love <michaelisaiahlove at gmail.com>

Citation (from within R, enter citation("DESeq2")):

Michael Love, Simon Anders, Wolfgang Huber. DESeq2: Differential gene expression analysis based on the negative binomial distribution. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.DESeq2, R package version 1.52.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/DESeq2.

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Installation

To install this package, start R (version "4.6") and enter:

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("DESeq2")

For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("DESeq2")
Analyzing RNA-seq data with DESeq2 HTML R Script
Reference ManualPDF
NEWSText

Details

biocViews Bayesian, ChIPSeq, Clustering, DifferentialExpression, GeneExpression, ImmunoOncology, Normalization, PrincipalComponent, RNASeq, Regression, Sequencing, Software, Transcription
Version1.52.0
In Bioconductor sinceBioC 2.12 (R-3.0) (13.5 years)
License LGPL (>= 3)
Depends S4Vectors (>= 0.23.18), IRanges, GenomicRanges, SummarizedExperiment (>= 1.1.6)
Imports BiocGenerics (>= 0.7.5), Biobase, BiocParallel, matrixStats, methods, stats4, locfit, ggplot2 (>= 3.4.0), Rcpp (>= 0.11.0), MatrixGenerics
System Requirements
URLhttps://github.com/thelovelab/DESeq2
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Suggests testthat, knitr, rmarkdown, vsn, pheatmap, RColorBrewer, apeglm, ashr, tximport, tximeta, tximportData, readr, pbapply, airway, glmGamPoi, BiocManager
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Depends On Me Anaconda, DEWSeq, DEXSeq, DRomics, metaseqR2, octad, ordinalbayes, rgsepd, rnaseqDTU, rnaseqGene, SeqGSEA, TCC, tRanslatome
Imports Me Anaquin, animalcules, anota2seq, APAlyzer, autoGO, BatchQC, benchdamic, BloodCancerMultiOmics2017, broadSeq, carnation, CeTF, cinaR, circRNAprofiler, CleanUpRNAseq, coseq, countsimQC, cypress, DaMiRseq, debrowser, DeeDeeExperiment, DEFormats, DEGreport, DELocal, deltaCaptureC, DEsubs, DiffBind, DOtools, DOTSeq, DspikeIn, easier, EBSEA, ERSSA, ExpGenetic, ExpHunterSuite, FieldEffectCrc, fourSynergy, GDCRNATools, GeneTonic, gg4way, Glimma, GRaNIE, hermes, HEssRNA, HTSFilter, HybridExpress, icetea, ideal, IHWpaper, INSPEcT, IntEREst, iSEEde, isomiRs, kissDE, limorhyde2, magpie, microbial, microbiomeExplorer, MIRit, MLSeq, mobileRNA, mosdef, MultiRNAflow, NBAMSeq, NetActivity, NGSToolKit, ORFik, OUTRIDER, pairedGSEA, PathoStat, pcaExplorer, phantasus, POMA, power.nb, proActiv, RCPA, recountWorkflow, RegEnrich, regionReport, ReportingTools, RiboDiPA, Rmmquant, RNAseqQC, saseR, scBFA, scECODA, scGPS, scQTLtools, SEtools, singleCellTK, SNPhood, srnadiff, sRNAGenetic, SurfR, systemPipeTools, TBSignatureProfiler, TEKRABber, terapadog, TransProR, UMI4Cats, vidger, VISTA, vulcan, wilson, XYomics, zitools
Suggests Me aggregateBioVar, apeglm, bakR, bambu, BindingSiteFinder, biobroom, BiocGenerics, BioCor, BiocSet, BioNERO, CAGEr, CAGEWorkflow, ChIPDBData, compcodeR, conos, curatedAdipoChIP, curatedAdipoRNA, dar, dearseq, dependentsimr, derfinder, detectPanel, dittoSeq, EDASeq, EnhancedVolcano, EnrichmentBrowser, EWCE, extraChIPs, FateID, fishpond, fluentGenomics, futurize, gage, GeDi, genefindr, GenomicAlignments, GenomicRanges, GeoTcgaData, geyser, ggpicrust2, GiANT, glmGamPoi, glmmSeq, grandR, GSE62944, HiCDCPlus, IHW, InteractiveComplexHeatmap, IOBR, lfc, LorMe, metacoder, metaRNASeq, MiscMetabar, muscat, myTAI, OPWeight, pathlinkR, PCAtools, pctax, phyloseq, pmartR, presto, progeny, PROPER, QRscore, RaceID, raer, recount, RegParallel, RFGeneRank, ribosomeProfilingQC, rliger, roastgsa, RUVSeq, Rvisdiff, scran, scToppR, seqgendiff, seqpac, Seurat, SeuratExplorer, Single.mTEC.Transcriptomes, sparrow, spatialHeatmap, SpliceWiz, subSeq, systemPipeR, systemPipeShiny, TFEA.ChIP, tidybulk, topconfects, tximeta, tximport, variancePartition, venny, volcano3D, Wrench, zinbwave
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Source Package DESeq2_1.52.0.tar.gz
Windows Binary (x86_64) DESeq2_1.52.0.zip
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Source Repositorygit clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/DESeq2
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Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/DESeq2/
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