Read dCT data from qPCR experiment.

read_dct(file, format = "csv", relevel = NULL, ...)

Arguments

file

File name of dCT data in working directory, or, alternatively, path to the qPCR data file.

format

Format of the data file to import. Either "csv" to specify comma-separated data, or the name or index of the sheet in the Excel workbook to read the data from.

relevel

Optional named list of character vectors, where names represent factors and each character vector represents the corresponding appropriate level.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to data.table::fread() or openxlsx::read.xlsx() as needed.

Value

qPCR S4 object containing dCT data to be passed to next functions.

Author

Ayush Noori