Change the primary gene identifier of BulkDge — change_gene

Changes the primary gene identifier in the BulkDge class. To do so, you need to either provide a variable_info data.table with the alternative gene identifier you wish to use or it exists already in the object itself. If it exists in the object, that variable_info will be used.

Usage

change_gene_identifier(object, alternative_gene_id, variable_info = NULL)

Arguments

object: BulkDge class, see BulkDge().
alternative_gene_id: String. The column containing the alternative gene identifier. Must be present in the provided variable_info data.table or within the class attributes.
variable_info: Optional data.table with variable information. If variable_info is in an attribute of the class, that one will be used.

Value

The class with modified primary gene identifier.