SingleCellAlleleExperiment - S4 Class for Single Cell Data with Allele and Functional Levels for Immune Genes

Defines a S4 class that is based on SingleCellExperiment. In addition to the usual gene layer the object can also store data for immune genes such as HLAs, Igs and KIRs at allele and functional level. The package is part of a workflow named single-cell ImmunoGenomic Diversity (scIGD), that firstly incorporates allele-aware quantification data for immune genes. This new data can then be used with the here implemented data structure and functionalities for further data handling and data analysis.