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Biostrings

   

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String objects representing biological sequences, and matching algorithms

Bioconductor version: 3.4

Memory efficient string containers, string matching algorithms, and other utilities, for fast manipulation of large biological sequences or sets of sequences.

Author: H. Pagès, P. Aboyoun, R. Gentleman, and S. DebRoy

Maintainer: H. Pagès <hpages at fredhutch.org>

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Installation

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## try http:// if https:// URLs are not supported
source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite("Biostrings")

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PDF R Script A short presentation of the basic classes defined in Biostrings 2
PDF Biostrings Quick Overview
PDF R Script Handling probe sequence information
PDF R Script Multiple Alignments
PDF R Script Pairwise Sequence Alignments
PDF   Reference Manual
Text   NEWS

Details

biocViews Alignment, DataImport, DataRepresentation, Genetics, Infrastructure, SequenceMatching, Sequencing, Software
Version 2.42.1
In Bioconductor since BioC 1.6 (R-2.1) or earlier (> 12 years)
License Artistic-2.0
Depends R (>= 2.8.0), methods, BiocGenerics(>= 0.15.6), S4Vectors(>= 0.11.1), IRanges(>= 2.5.27), XVector(>= 0.11.6)
Imports graphics, methods, stats, utils, BiocGenerics, IRanges, XVector
LinkingTo S4Vectors, IRanges, XVector
Suggests BSgenome(>= 1.13.14), BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce2(>= 1.3.11), BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm3(>= 1.3.11), BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg18, drosophila2probe, hgu95av2probe, hgu133aprobe, GenomicFeatures(>= 1.3.14), hgu95av2cdf, affy(>= 1.41.3), affydata(>= 1.11.5), RUnit
SystemRequirements
Enhances Rmpi
URL
Depends On Me altcdfenvs, Basic4Cseq, BRAIN, BSgenome, ChIPpeakAnno, ChIPsim, cleaver, CODEX, CRISPRseek, DECIPHER, deepSNV, FDb.FANTOM4.promoters.hg19, GeneRegionScan, GenomicAlignments, genphen, GOTHiC, harbChIP, HelloRanges, hiReadsProcessor, iPAC, JASPAR2014, kebabs, MethTargetedNGS, methVisual, minfi, MotifDb, motifRG, motifStack, msa, muscle, oligo, oneChannelGUI, pcaGoPromoter, pd.ag, pd.aragene.1.0.st, pd.aragene.1.1.st, pd.ath1.121501, pd.barley1, pd.bovgene.1.0.st, pd.bovgene.1.1.st, pd.bovine, pd.bsubtilis, pd.cangene.1.0.st, pd.cangene.1.1.st, pd.canine, pd.canine.2, pd.celegans, pd.chicken, pd.chigene.1.0.st, pd.chigene.1.1.st, pd.chogene.2.0.st, pd.chogene.2.1.st, pd.citrus, pd.clariom.d.human, pd.clariom.s.human, pd.clariom.s.human.ht, pd.clariom.s.mouse, pd.clariom.s.mouse.ht, pd.clariom.s.rat, pd.clariom.s.rat.ht, pd.cotton, pd.cyngene.1.0.st, pd.cyngene.1.1.st, pd.cyrgene.1.0.st, pd.cyrgene.1.1.st, pd.cytogenetics.array, pd.drogene.1.0.st, pd.drogene.1.1.st, pd.drosgenome1, pd.drosophila.2, pd.e.coli.2, pd.ecoli, pd.ecoli.asv2, pd.elegene.1.0.st, pd.elegene.1.1.st, pd.equgene.1.0.st, pd.equgene.1.1.st, pd.felgene.1.0.st, pd.felgene.1.1.st, pd.fingene.1.0.st, pd.fingene.1.1.st, pd.genomewidesnp.5, pd.genomewidesnp.6, pd.guigene.1.0.st, pd.guigene.1.1.st, pd.hc.g110, pd.hg.focus, pd.hg.u133.plus.2, pd.hg.u133a, pd.hg.u133a.2, pd.hg.u133a.tag, pd.hg.u133b, pd.hg.u219, pd.hg.u95a, pd.hg.u95av2, pd.hg.u95b, pd.hg.u95c, pd.hg.u95d, pd.hg.u95e, pd.hg18.60mer.expr, pd.ht.hg.u133.plus.pm, pd.ht.hg.u133a, pd.ht.mg.430a, pd.hta.2.0, pd.hu6800, pd.huex.1.0.st.v2, pd.hugene.1.0.st.v1, pd.hugene.1.1.st.v1, pd.hugene.2.0.st, pd.hugene.2.1.st, pd.maize, pd.mapping250k.nsp, pd.mapping250k.sty, pd.mapping50k.hind240, pd.mapping50k.xba240, pd.margene.1.0.st, pd.margene.1.1.st, pd.medgene.1.0.st, pd.medgene.1.1.st, pd.medicago, pd.mg.u74a, pd.mg.u74av2, pd.mg.u74b, pd.mg.u74bv2, pd.mg.u74c, pd.mg.u74cv2, pd.mirna.1.0, pd.mirna.2.0, pd.mirna.3.0, pd.mirna.4.0, pd.moe430a, pd.moe430b, pd.moex.1.0.st.v1, pd.mogene.1.0.st.v1, pd.mogene.1.1.st.v1, pd.mogene.2.0.st, pd.mogene.2.1.st, pd.mouse430.2, pd.mouse430a.2, pd.mta.1.0, pd.mu11ksuba, pd.mu11ksubb, pd.nugo.hs1a520180, pd.nugo.mm1a520177, pd.ovigene.1.0.st, pd.ovigene.1.1.st, pd.pae.g1a, pd.plasmodium.anopheles, pd.poplar, pd.porcine, pd.porgene.1.0.st, pd.porgene.1.1.st, pd.rabgene.1.0.st, pd.rabgene.1.1.st, pd.rae230a, pd.rae230b, pd.raex.1.0.st.v1, pd.ragene.1.0.st.v1, pd.ragene.1.1.st.v1, pd.ragene.2.0.st, pd.ragene.2.1.st, pd.rat230.2, pd.rcngene.1.0.st, pd.rcngene.1.1.st, pd.rg.u34a, pd.rg.u34b, pd.rg.u34c, pd.rhegene.1.0.st, pd.rhegene.1.1.st, pd.rhesus, pd.rice, pd.rjpgene.1.0.st, pd.rjpgene.1.1.st, pd.rn.u34, pd.rta.1.0, pd.rusgene.1.0.st, pd.rusgene.1.1.st, pd.s.aureus, pd.soybean, pd.soygene.1.0.st, pd.soygene.1.1.st, pd.sugar.cane, pd.tomato, pd.u133.x3p, pd.vitis.vinifera, pd.wheat, pd.x.laevis.2, pd.x.tropicalis, pd.xenopus.laevis, pd.yeast.2, pd.yg.s98, pd.zebgene.1.0.st, pd.zebgene.1.1.st, pd.zebrafish, PGA, pqsfinder, PWMEnrich, qrqc, R453Plus1Toolbox, R4RNA, REDseq, rGADEM, RiboProfiling, Roleswitch, rRDP, Rsamtools, RSVSim, sangerseqR, SCAN.UPC, scsR, SELEX, seqbias, ShortRead, SICtools, spliceSites, ssviz, systemPipeR, triplex, waveTiling
Imports Me AffyCompatible, AllelicImbalance, alpine, AneuFinder, AnnotationHubData, ArrayExpressHTS, BBCAnalyzer, BCRANK, BEAT, BioSeqClass, biovizBase, BSgenome, charm, ChIPseqR, ChIPsim, CNEr, cobindR, compEpiTools, CrispRVariants, customProDB, dada2, dagLogo, diffHic, DNAshapeR, easyRNASeq, EDASeq, ensemblVEP, eudysbiome, FDb.InfiniumMethylation.hg18, FDb.InfiniumMethylation.hg19, FindMyFriends, FourCSeq, gcrma, genbankr, GeneRegionScan, GenoGAM, genomation, GenomicAlignments, GenomicFeatures, GenVisR, ggbio, GGtools, girafe, gmapR, GoogleGenomics, GUIDEseq, Gviz, gwascat, h5vc, HiTC, HTSeqGenie, IONiseR, KEGGREST, LowMACA, MADSEQ, MafDb.ESP6500SI.V2.SSA137, maftools, MatrixRider, MEDIPS, MEDME, metagenomeFeatures, methVisual, methylPipe, microRNA, MMDiff2, motifbreakR, motifRG, MotIV, MutationalPatterns, oligoClasses, OTUbase, Pbase, pd.081229.hg18.promoter.medip.hx1, pd.2006.07.18.hg18.refseq.promoter, pd.2006.07.18.mm8.refseq.promoter, pd.2006.10.31.rn34.refseq.promoter, pd.atdschip.tiling, pd.charm.hg18.example, pd.feinberg.hg18.me.hx1, pd.feinberg.mm8.me.hx1, pd.mirna.3.1, pdInfoBuilder, phyloseq, podkat, polyester, proBAMr, procoil, ProteomicsAnnotationHubData, PureCN, Pviz, qrqc, qsea, QuasR, r3Cseq, RCAS, Rcpi, REDseq, Repitools, rGADEM, RNAprobR, Rqc, rSFFreader, rtracklayer, SeqArray, seqPattern, seqplots, SGSeq, signeR, SNPhood, soGGi, SomaticSignatures, SPLINTER, sscu, synapter, TarSeqQC, TFBSTools, TVTB, VariantAnnotation, VariantFiltering, VariantTools, wavClusteR
Suggests Me annotate, AnnotationForge, AnnotationHub, BeadArrayUseCases, CINdex, CSAR, exomeCopy, GenomicFiles, GenomicRanges, genoset, ggtree, methylumi, microRNA, MiRaGE, rpx, rTRM, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20090506, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20100427, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20101109, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20110815, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20111119, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20120608, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP142.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, XVector
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