reverseComplement:
Reverse-complement of a DNA or RNA sequence
Description
Translates any base U to T and finds the reverse-complement to the
supplied DNA or RNA sequences.
Usage
reverseComplement(nuc.strings)
Arguments
nuc.strings
character vector containing DNA or RNA sequences.
Value
Returns a character vector containing the reverse-complemented (DNA) sequences.
Details
Standard reverse-complementation of DNA or RNA sequences. Any alien symbol (not A, C, G, U or T) is replaced by X. The complement of X is also X. All reverse-complemented sequences are in upper-case letters.