probeSetSummary           package:GOstats           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Given the result of a 'hyperGTest' run (an instance of
     'GOHyperGResult'), this function lists all Probe Set IDs
     associated with the selected Entrez IDs annotated at each
     significant GO term in the test result.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     probeSetSummary(result, pvalue, categorySize)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  result: A 'GOHyperGResult' instance.  This is the output    of the
          'hyperGTest' function when testing the GO category.

  pvalue: Optional p-value cutoff.  Only results for GO terms with a
          p-value less than the specified value will be returned. If
          omitted, 'pvalueCutoff(result)' is used.

categorySize: Optional minimum size (number of annotations) for the GO
          terms.  Only results for GO terms with 'categorySize' or more
          annotations will be returned.  If omitted, no category size
          criteria will be used.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Usually the goal of doing a Fisher's exact test on a set of
     significant probesets is to find pathways or cellular activities
     that are being perturbed in an experiment. After doing the test,
     one usually gets a list of significant GO terms, and the next
     logical step might be to determine which probesets contributed to
     the significance of a certain term.

     Because the input for the Fisher's exact test consists of a vector
     of unique Entrez Gene IDs, and there may be multiple probesets
     that interrogate a particular transcript, the ouput for this
     function lists all of the probesets that map to each Entrez Gene
     ID, along with an indicator that shows which of the probesets were
     used as input.

     The rationale for this is that one might not be able to assume a
     given probeset actually interrogates the intended transcript, so
     it might be useful to be able to check to see what other similar
     probesets are doing.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A 'list' of 'data.frame'.  Each element of the list corresponds to
     one of the GO terms (the term is provides as the name of the
     element).  Each 'data.frame' has three columns: the Entrez Gene ID
     ('EntrezID'), the probe set ID ('ProbeSetID'), and a 0/1 indicator
     of whether the probe set ID was provided as part of the initial
     input ('selected').

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     S. Falcon and J. MacDonald

