reverse_complement {baseq}

R Documentation

Generate Reverse Complement of DNA sequence

Description

Given a DNA sequence, the function generates the reverse complement of the sequence and returns it.

Usage

reverse_complement(sequence)

Arguments

sequence

A character string containing the DNA sequence to be reversed and complemented

Value

A character string containing the reverse complement of the input DNA sequence

Examples

sequence <- "ATCGAGCTAGCTAGCTAGCTAGCT"
reverse_complement(sequence)
# [1] "AGCTAGCTAGCTAGCTAGCTCGAT"

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