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This is a simple function to obtain read counts for a specified gene, based on the DESeq2::plotCounts function.

Usage

get_gene_counts(dds, gene, intgroup = "condition", norm_method = "libsize")

Arguments

dds

DESeqDataSet object

gene

gene name vector

intgroup

metadata variable to attach to counts

norm_method

normalization method, can be 'libsize' (default) or 'vst'

Value

data.frame with gene counts

Examples

# make example DESeq data set
dds <- DESeq2::makeExampleDESeqDataSet()

# get counts for gene1
gg <- get_gene_counts(dds, 'gene1')