DNAPatternAlphabet {Biostrings} | R Documentation |
The function DNAAlphabet
returns an alphabet consisting of
standard patterns used in DNA sequences.
The function RNAAlphabet
returns an alphabet consisting of
standard patterns used in RNA sequences.
DNAPatternAlphabet() RNAPatternAlphabet()
An object of class "BioPatternAlphabet". See
BioPatternAlphabet-class
for details.
In the table below, we provide the letters from the base DNA alphabet that are matched by the added letters in the DNA pattern alphabet. The corresponding table for RNA is identical except for the substitution of ‘U’ for ‘T’.
‘N’ | matches ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘G’, ‘T’ |
‘B’ | matches ‘C’, ‘G’, ‘T’ |
‘D’ | matches ‘A’, ‘G’, ‘T’ |
‘H’ | matches ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘T’ |
‘K’ | matches ‘G’, ‘T’ |
‘M’ | matches ‘A’, ‘C’ |
‘R’ | matches ‘A’, ‘G’ |
‘S’ | matches ‘C’, ‘G’ |
‘V’ | matches ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘G’ |
‘W’ | matches ‘A’, ‘T’ |
‘Y’ | matches ‘C’, ‘T’ |
Saikat DebRoy
DNAPatternAlphabet() RNAPatternAlphabet()