Biostrings

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.Biostrings    

This package is for version 3.8 of Bioconductor; for the stable, up-to-date release version, see Biostrings.

Efficient manipulation of biological strings

Bioconductor version: 3.8

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>

Citation (from within R, enter citation("Biostrings")):

Installation

To install this package, start R (version "3.5") and enter:

if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")
BiocManager::install("Biostrings")

For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("Biostrings")

 

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 2.50.2
In Bioconductor since BioC 1.6 (R-2.1) or earlier (> 14 years)
License Artistic-2.0
Depends R (>= 3.5.0), methods, BiocGenerics, S4Vectors, IRanges, XVector
Imports graphics, methods, stats, utils
LinkingTo S4Vectors, IRanges, XVector(>= 0.21.4)
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, amplican, Basic4Cseq, BRAIN, BSgenome, chimeraviz, ChIPanalyser, ChIPpeakAnno, ChIPsim, cleaver, CODEX, CRISPRseek, DECIPHER, deepSNV, FDb.FANTOM4.promoters.hg19, GeneRegionScan, generegulation, GenomicAlignments, GOTHiC, harbChIP, HelloRanges, hiReadsProcessor, iPAC, JASPAR2014, kebabs, MethTargetedNGS, methVisual, minfi, MotifDb, motifRG, motifStack, msa, muscle, oligo, 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, QSutils, R453Plus1Toolbox, R4RNA, REDseq, rGADEM, RiboProfiling, Roleswitch, rRDP, Rsamtools, RSVSim, sangerseqR, SCAN.UPC, scsR, SELEX, seqbias, sequencing, ShortRead, SICtools, spliceSites, ssviz, systemPipeR, topdownr, triplex, waveTiling
Imports Me AffyCompatible, AllelicImbalance, alpine, AneuFinder, AnnotationHubData, appreci8R, ArrayExpressHTS, AssessORF, ATACseqQC, BBCAnalyzer, BCRANK, bcSeq, BEAT, BioSeqClass, biovizBase, branchpointer, BSgenome, bsseq, BUMHMM, charm, ChIPseqR, ChIPsim, chromVAR, CNEr, cobindR, compEpiTools, consensusDE, coRdon, CrispRVariants, customProDB, dada2, dagLogo, diffHic, DNAshapeR, DominoEffect, easyRNASeq, EDASeq, ensembldb, ensemblVEP, esATAC, eudysbiome, EuPathDB, FastqCleaner, FDb.InfiniumMethylation.hg18, FDb.InfiniumMethylation.hg19, FindMyFriends, FourCSeq, GA4GHclient, gcapc, gcrma, genbankr, GeneRegionScan, GeneStructureTools, GenoGAM, genomation, GenomicAlignments, GenomicFeatures, GenomicScores, genphen, GenVisR, ggbio, GGtools, girafe, gmapR, GoogleGenomics, GUIDEseq, Gviz, gwascat, h5vc, heatmaps, HiTC, HTSeqGenie, icetea, IMMAN, IntEREst, InterMineR, IONiseR, ipdDb, IsoformSwitchAnalyzeR, KEGGREST, Logolas, LowMACA, LymphoSeq, MACPET, MADSEQ, maftools, MatrixRider, MDTS, MEDIPS, MEDME, metagenomeFeatures, methimpute, methVisual, methylPipe, microRNA, MMDiff2, motifbreakR, motifcounter, motifmatchr, motifRG, MotIV, MTseeker, MutationalPatterns, nucleR, oligoClasses, OmaDB, openPrimeR, ORFik, 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, primirTSS, proBAMr, procoil, ProteomicsAnnotationHubData, PureCN, Pviz, qPLEXanalyzer, qrqc, qsea, QuasR, r3Cseq, ramwas, RCAS, Rcpi, REDseq, regioneR, REMP, Repitools, rGADEM, RNAprobR, RNASeqR, Rqc, rSFFreader, rtracklayer, scmeth, scoreInvHap, scruff, SeqArray, seqcombo, seqPattern, seqplots, SGSeq, signeR, SNPhood, soGGi, SomaticSignatures, SparseSignatures, SPLINTER, sscu, synapter, TarSeqQC, TFBSTools, transite, trena, tRNA, tRNAdbImport, tRNAscanImport, TVTB, Ularcirc, universalmotif, VariantAnnotation, VariantFiltering, VariantTools, wavClusteR
Suggests Me annotate, AnnotationForge, AnnotationHub, BeadArrayUseCases, CINdex, CSAR, exomeCopy, GenomicFiles, GenomicRanges, genoset, GWASTools, methylumi, MiRaGE, nuCpos, rpx, rTRM, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20101109, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20120608, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP142.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP149.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP150.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP151.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, XVector
Links To Me DECIPHER, kebabs, MatrixRider, Rsamtools, rSFFreader, ShortRead, triplex, VariantAnnotation, VariantFiltering
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