DNAAlphabet            package:Biostrings            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The function 'DNAAlphabet' returns an alphabet consisting of the
     letters 'A', 'C', 'G', 'T' and '-' (the last representing a gap).

     The function 'RNAAlphabet' returns an alphabet consisting of the
     letters 'A', 'C', 'G', 'U' and '-' (the last representing a gap).

_U_s_a_g_e:

     DNAAlphabet()
     RNAAlphabet()

_V_a_l_u_e:

     An object of class "NucleotideAlphabet". See
     'NucleotideAlphabet-class' for details.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Saikat DebRoy

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'DNAPatternAlphabet' and 'RNAPatternAlphabet' return alphabets for
     standrad patterns used in DNA and RNA sequences.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     DNAAlphabet()
     RNAAlphabet()

