caulobacter              package:GeneTS              R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set describes the temporal expression of 1444 genes
     (open reading frames) in the cell cycle of the bacterium
     _Caulobacter crescentus_.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(caulobacter)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     'caulobacter' is numerical matrix with 1444 columns (=genes) and
     11 rows (=time points).

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     This data is described in Laub et al. (2000) and can be freely
     downloaded from  (<URL:
     http://caulobacter.stanford.edu/CellCycle/DownloadData.htm>).

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Laub, M.T., McAdams, H.H., Feldblyum, Fraser, C.M., and Shapiro,
     L. (2000) Global analysis of the genetic network controlling a
     bacterial cell cycle. _Science_, *290*, 2144-1248.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     # load GeneTS library
     library(GeneTS)

     # load data set
     data(caulobacter)

     # how many samples and how many genes?
     dim(caulobacter)

     # compute and plot average periodogram
     avgp.caulobacter <- avgp(caulobacter, "Caulobacter")
     avgp.caulobacter

