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Biostrings

This package is for version 2.8 of Bioconductor; for the stable, up-to-date release version, see Biostrings.

String objects representing biological sequences, and matching algorithms

Bioconductor version: 2.8

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

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

Maintainer: H. Pages <hpages at fhcrc.org>

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Installation

To install this package, start R and enter:

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

Documentation

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browseVignettes("Biostrings")

PDF		Alignments.pdf
PDF		Biostrings2Classes.pdf
PDF		matchprobes.pdf
PDF		MultipleAlignments.pdf
PDF		Reference Manual

Details

biocViews	DataImport, DataRepresentation, Genetics, Infrastructure, SequenceMatching, Sequencing, Software
Version	2.20.4
In Bioconductor since	BioC 1.6 (R-2.1) or earlier (> 11 years)
License	Artistic-2.0
Depends	R (>= 2.8.0), methods, IRanges(>= 1.10.2)
Imports	graphics, methods, stats, utils, IRanges
LinkingTo	IRanges
Suggests	BSgenome(>= 1.13.14), BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce2(>= 1.3.11), BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm3(>= 1.3.11), drosophila2probe, hgu95av2probe, hgu133aprobe, GenomicFeatures(>= 1.3.14), hgu95av2cdf, affy, affydata(>= 1.11.5), RUnit
SystemRequirements
Enhances	Rmpi
URL
Depends On Me	altcdfenvs, BSgenome, ChIPpeakAnno, ChIPsim, GeneRegionScan, harbChIP, methVisual, R453Plus1Toolbox, rGADEM, Rsamtools, seqbias, ShortRead
Imports Me	AffyCompatible, ArrayExpressHTS, BCRANK, BioSeqClass, charm, ChIPpeakAnno, ChIPseqR, ChIPsim, gcrma, GeneRegionScan, GenomicFeatures, girafe, MEDIPS, MEDME, methVisual, microRNA, oligo, oligoClasses, OTUbase, 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.ag, pd.barley1, pd.bovine, pd.bsubtilis, pd.canine, pd.canine.2, pd.celegans, pd.charm.hg18.example, pd.chicken, pd.citrus, pd.cotton, pd.cytogenetics.array, pd.drosgenome1, pd.drosophila.2, pd.e.coli.2, pd.ecoli, pd.ecoli.asv2, pd.feinberg.hg18.me.hx1, pd.feinberg.mm8.me.hx1, pd.genomewidesnp.5, pd.genomewidesnp.6, 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.ht.hg.u133.plus.pm, pd.ht.hg.u133a, pd.ht.mg.430a, pd.hu6800, pd.huex.1.0.st.v2, pd.hugene.1.0.st.v1, pd.hugene.1.1.st.v1, pd.maize, pd.mapping250k.nsp, pd.mapping250k.sty, pd.mapping50k.hind240, pd.mapping50k.xba240, 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.moe430a, pd.moe430b, pd.moex.1.0.st.v1, pd.mogene.1.0.st.v1, pd.mogene.1.1.st.v1, pd.mouse430.2, pd.mouse430a.2, pd.mu11ksuba, pd.mu11ksubb, pd.pae.g1a, pd.plasmodium.anopheles, pd.poplar, pd.porcine, pd.rae230a, pd.rae230b, pd.raex.1.0.st.v1, pd.ragene.1.0.st.v1, pd.ragene.1.1.st.v1, pd.rat230.2, pd.rg.u34a, pd.rg.u34b, pd.rg.u34c, pd.rhesus, pd.rice, pd.rn.u34, pd.s.aureus, pd.soybean, 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.zebrafish, pdInfoBuilder, R453Plus1Toolbox, rGADEM, Rolexa, Rsamtools, rtracklayer, ShortRead
Suggests Me	annotate, CSAR, GenomicFeatures, microRNA, oneChannelGUI, procoil, SLGI, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20090506, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20100427, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20101109
Build Report

Package Archives

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Package Source	Biostrings_2.20.4.tar.gz
Windows Binary	Biostrings_2.20.4.zip (32- & 64-bit)
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
Subversion source	(username/password: readonly)
Git source	https://github.com/Bioconductor-mirror/Biostrings/tree/release-2.8
Package Short Url	http://bioconductor.org/packages/Biostrings/
Package Downloads Report	Download Stats

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