ProteinExpressionAssay S4 class definition

`ProteinExpressionAssay` is a `SummarizedExperiment` subclass for storing protein-coding gene expression data.

Value

An object of class `ProteinExpressionAssay`.

Details

The primary assay is named `"protein_expression"` and should contain a numeric matrix-like object with features as rows and samples/models as columns.

This class follows the Bioconductor `SummarizedExperiment` convention:

- rows represent features, such as protein-coding genes - columns represent samples, models, or cell lines - `rowData()` stores feature-level metadata - `colData()` stores sample/model-level metadata - `metadata()` stores assay-level metadata such as units and provenance