Biostrings

This package is for version 3.7 of Bioconductor; for the stable, up-to-date release version, see Biostrings.

Efficient manipulation of biological strings

Installation

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

if (!require("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")

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

Details

biocViews	Alignment, DataImport, DataRepresentation, Genetics, Infrastructure, SequenceMatching, Sequencing, Software
Version	2.48.0
In Bioconductor since	BioC 1.6 (R-2.1) or earlier (> 19 years)
License	Artistic-2.0
Depends	R (>= 2.8.0), methods, BiocGenerics(>= 0.15.6), S4Vectors(>= 0.17.25), IRanges(>= 2.13.24), XVector(>= 0.19.8)
Imports	graphics, methods, stats, utils
System Requirements
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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
Linking To	S4Vectors, IRanges, XVector
Enhances	Rmpi
Depends On Me	altcdfenvs, amplican, Basic4Cseq, BRAIN, BSgenome, chimeraviz, ChIPanalyser, ChIPpeakAnno, ChIPsim, cleaver, CODEX, CRISPRseek, DECIPHER, deepSNV, FDb.FANTOM4.promoters.hg19, GeneRegionScan, generegulation, GenomicAlignments, genphen, 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, 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, ArrayExpressHTS, ATACseqQC, BBCAnalyzer, BCRANK, bcSeq, BEAT, BioSeqClass, biovizBase, branchpointer, BSgenome, BUMHMM, charm, ChIPseqR, ChIPsim, chromVAR, CNEr, cobindR, compEpiTools, CrispRVariants, customProDB, dada2, dagLogo, diffHic, DNAshapeR, DominoEffect, easyRNASeq, EDASeq, ensembldb, ensemblVEP, esATAC, eudysbiome, FDb.InfiniumMethylation.hg18, FDb.InfiniumMethylation.hg19, FindMyFriends, FourCSeq, GA4GHclient, gcapc, gcrma, genbankr, GeneRegionScan, GeneStructureTools, GenoGAM, genomation, GenomicAlignments, GenomicFeatures, GenomicScores, GenVisR, ggbio, GGtools, girafe, gmapR, GoogleGenomics, GUIDEseq, Gviz, gwascat, h5vc, heatmaps, HiTC, HTSeqGenie, IMMAN, IntEREst, InterMineR, IONiseR, IsoformSwitchAnalyzeR, KEGGREST, Logolas, LowMACA, LymphoSeq, MACPET, MADSEQ, maftools, MatrixRider, MDTS, MEDIPS, MEDME, metagenomeFeatures, methimpute, methVisual, methylPipe, microRNA, MMDiff2, motifbreakR, motifcounter, motifmatchr, motifRG, MotIV, 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, proBAMr, procoil, ProteomicsAnnotationHubData, PureCN, Pviz, qrqc, qsea, QuasR, r3Cseq, ramwas, RCAS, Rcpi, REDseq, REMP, Repitools, rGADEM, RNAprobR, Rqc, rSFFreader, rtracklayer, scmeth, scoreInvHap, SeqArray, seqcombo, seqPattern, seqplots, SGSeq, signeR, SNPhood, soGGi, SomaticSignatures, SparseSignatures, SPLINTER, sscu, synapter, TarSeqQC, TFBSTools, trena, tRNAscanImport, TVTB, VariantAnnotation, VariantFiltering, VariantTools, wavClusteR
Suggests Me	annotate, AnnotationForge, AnnotationHub, BeadArrayUseCases, CINdex, CSAR, exomeCopy, GenomicFiles, GenomicRanges, genoset, GWASTools, methylumi, MiRaGE, 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
Build Report	Build Report

Package Archives

Follow Installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source Package	Biostrings_2.48.0.tar.gz
Windows Binary	Biostrings_2.48.0.zip (32- & 64-bit)
Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)	Biostrings_2.48.0.tgz
Source Repository	git clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/Biostrings
Source Repository (Developer Access)	git clone [email protected]:packages/Biostrings
Package Short Url	https://bioconductor.org/packages/Biostrings/
Package Downloads Report	Download Stats
Old Source Packages for BioC 3.7	Source Archive