# TargetSearch [](https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/TargetSearch.html#archives) [](http://bioconductor.org/packages/stats/bioc/TargetSearch/) [](https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/TargetSearch.html#since) [](http://bioconductor.org/checkResults/devel/bioc-LATEST/TargetSearch/) [](http://bioconductor.org/checkResults/devel/bioc-LATEST/TargetSearch/) [](https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/TargetSearch.html#since) This packages provides a flexible, fast and accurate method for targeted pre-processing of GC-MS data. The user provides a (often very large) set of GC chromatograms and a metabolite library of targets. The package will automatically search those targets in the chromatograms resulting in a data matrix that can be used for further data analysis. This software is part of the [Bioconductor](https://bioconductor.org) project. https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/TargetSearch.html This git repository mirrors the `TargetSearch` git repository on `Bioconductor`, which is available here: https://code.bioconductor.org/browse/TargetSearch/ ## Installation Please follow the instructions on `TargetSearch`'s page on `Bioconductor` site linked above. In short: ``` if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE)) install.packages("BiocManager") BiocManager::install("TargetSearch") ``` ## Citation Cuadros-Inostroza A, Caldana C, Redestig H, Lisec J, Pena-Cortes H, Willmitzer L, Hannah MA (2009). "TargetSearch - a Bioconductor package for the efficient pre-processing of GC-MS metabolite profiling data." *BMC Bioinformatics*, **10**, 428. doi:[10.1186/1471-2105-10-428](https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-10-428). ## Bugs Please report bugs at https://github.com/acinostroza/TargetSearch/issues ## License The code is licensed under the GNU Public License version 2.0 or greater (SPDX License ID: `GPL-2.0-or-later`). To obtain a copy of the license, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html