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BSgenome

Software infrastructure for efficient representation of full genomes and their SNPs

Bioconductor version: Release (3.17)

Infrastructure shared by all the Biostrings-based genome data packages.

Author: Hervé Pagès [aut, cre], Prisca Chidimma Maduka [ctb] (add 'replace' argument to forgeBSgenomeDataPkg())

Maintainer: Hervé Pagès <hpages.on.github at gmail.com>

Citation (from within R, enter citation("BSgenome")):

Installation

To install this package, start R (version "4.3") and enter: 

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("BSgenome")

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("BSgenome")
Efficient genome searching with Biostrings and the BSgenome data packages PDF R Script
How to forge a BSgenome data package PDF R Script
Reference Manual PDF
NEWS Text

Details

biocViews Annotation, DataRepresentation, Genetics, Infrastructure, SNP, SequenceMatching, Software
Version 1.68.0
In Bioconductor since BioC 1.9 (R-2.4) (17 years)
License Artistic-2.0
Depends R (>= 2.8.0), methods, BiocGenerics(>= 0.13.8), S4Vectors(>= 0.17.28), IRanges(>= 2.13.16), GenomeInfoDb(>= 1.25.6), GenomicRanges(>= 1.31.10), Biostrings(>= 2.47.6), rtracklayer(>= 1.39.7)
Imports methods, utils, stats, matrixStats, BiocGenerics, S4Vectors, IRanges, XVector(>= 0.29.3), GenomeInfoDb, GenomicRanges, Biostrings, Rsamtools, rtracklayer
Linking To
Suggests BiocManager, Biobase, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce2, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer1, BSgenome.Hsapiens.NCBI.GRCh38, TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene, TxDb.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10.knownGene, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, hgu95av2probe, RUnit
System Requirements
Enhances
URL https://bioconductor.org/packages/BSgenome
Bug Reports https://github.com/Bioconductor/BSgenome/issues
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Depends On Me annotation, bambu, BSgenome.Alyrata.JGI.v1, BSgenome.Amellifera.BeeBase.assembly4, BSgenome.Amellifera.NCBI.AmelHAv3.1, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2.masked, BSgenome.Aofficinalis.NCBI.V1, BSgenome.Athaliana.TAIR.04232008, BSgenome.Athaliana.TAIR.TAIR9, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau3, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau3.masked, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau4, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau4.masked, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau6, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau6.masked, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau8, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau9, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau9.masked, BSgenome.Carietinum.NCBI.v1, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce10, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce11, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce2, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce6, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam2, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam2.masked, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam3, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam3.masked, BSgenome.Cjacchus.UCSC.calJac3, BSgenome.Cjacchus.UCSC.calJac4, BSgenome.CneoformansVarGrubiiKN99.NCBI.ASM221672v1, BSgenome.Creinhardtii.JGI.v5.6, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm2, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm2.masked, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm3, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm3.masked, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm6, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer10, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer11, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer5, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer5.masked, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer6, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer6.masked, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer7, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer7.masked, BSgenome.Dvirilis.Ensembl.dvircaf1, BSgenome.Ecoli.NCBI.20080805, BSgenome.Gaculeatus.UCSC.gasAcu1, BSgenome.Gaculeatus.UCSC.gasAcu1.masked, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal3, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal3.masked, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal4, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal4.masked, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal5, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal6, BSgenome.Gmax.NCBI.Gmv40, BSgenome.Hsapiens.1000genomes.hs37d5, BSgenome.Hsapiens.NCBI.GRCh38, BSgenome.Hsapiens.NCBI.T2T.CHM13v2.0, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg17, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg17.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg18, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg18.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.dbSNP151.major, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.dbSNP151.minor, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hs1, BSgenome.Mdomestica.UCSC.monDom5, BSgenome.Mfascicularis.NCBI.5.0, BSgenome.Mfascicularis.NCBI.6.0, BSgenome.Mfuro.UCSC.musFur1, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac10, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2.masked, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3.masked, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac8, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm39, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9.masked, BSgenome.Osativa.MSU.MSU7, BSgenome.Ppaniscus.UCSC.panPan1, BSgenome.Ppaniscus.UCSC.panPan2, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2.masked, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3.masked, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro5, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro6, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn6, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn7, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer1, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer2, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer3, BSgenome.Sscrofa.UCSC.susScr11, BSgenome.Sscrofa.UCSC.susScr3, BSgenome.Sscrofa.UCSC.susScr3.masked, BSgenome.Tgondii.ToxoDB.7.0, BSgenome.Tguttata.UCSC.taeGut1, BSgenome.Tguttata.UCSC.taeGut1.masked, BSgenome.Tguttata.UCSC.taeGut2, BSgenome.Vvinifera.URGI.IGGP12Xv0, BSgenome.Vvinifera.URGI.IGGP12Xv2, BSgenome.Vvinifera.URGI.IGGP8X, BSgenomeForge, ChIPanalyser, GOTHiC, HelloRanges, leeBamViews, MEDIPS, periodicDNA, REDseq, rGADEM, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP149.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP150.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP155.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP155.GRCh38, VarCon, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38
Imports Me AllelicImbalance, appreci8R, ATACseqQC, atSNP, BEAT, BSgenome.Alyrata.JGI.v1, BSgenome.Amellifera.BeeBase.assembly4, BSgenome.Amellifera.NCBI.AmelHAv3.1, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2.masked, BSgenome.Aofficinalis.NCBI.V1, BSgenome.Athaliana.TAIR.04232008, BSgenome.Athaliana.TAIR.TAIR9, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau3, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau3.masked, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau4, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau4.masked, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau6, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau6.masked, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau8, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau9, BSgenome.Btaurus.UCSC.bosTau9.masked, BSgenome.Carietinum.NCBI.v1, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce10, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce11, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce2, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce6, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam2, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam2.masked, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam3, BSgenome.Cfamiliaris.UCSC.canFam3.masked, BSgenome.Cjacchus.UCSC.calJac3, BSgenome.Cjacchus.UCSC.calJac4, BSgenome.CneoformansVarGrubiiKN99.NCBI.ASM221672v1, BSgenome.Creinhardtii.JGI.v5.6, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm2, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm2.masked, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm3, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm3.masked, BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm6, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer10, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer11, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer5, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer5.masked, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer6, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer6.masked, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer7, BSgenome.Drerio.UCSC.danRer7.masked, BSgenome.Dvirilis.Ensembl.dvircaf1, BSgenome.Ecoli.NCBI.20080805, BSgenome.Gaculeatus.UCSC.gasAcu1, BSgenome.Gaculeatus.UCSC.gasAcu1.masked, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal3, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal3.masked, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal4, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal4.masked, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal5, BSgenome.Ggallus.UCSC.galGal6, BSgenome.Gmax.NCBI.Gmv40, BSgenome.Hsapiens.NCBI.GRCh38, BSgenome.Hsapiens.NCBI.T2T.CHM13v2.0, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg17, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg17.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg18, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg18.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.masked, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hs1, BSgenome.Mdomestica.UCSC.monDom5, BSgenome.Mfascicularis.NCBI.5.0, BSgenome.Mfascicularis.NCBI.6.0, BSgenome.Mfuro.UCSC.musFur1, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac10, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2.masked, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3.masked, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac8, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm39, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9.masked, BSgenome.Osativa.MSU.MSU7, BSgenome.Ppaniscus.UCSC.panPan1, BSgenome.Ppaniscus.UCSC.panPan2, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2.masked, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3.masked, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro5, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro6, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn6, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn7, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer1, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer2, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer3, BSgenome.Sscrofa.UCSC.susScr11, BSgenome.Sscrofa.UCSC.susScr3, BSgenome.Sscrofa.UCSC.susScr3.masked, BSgenome.Tgondii.ToxoDB.7.0, BSgenome.Tguttata.UCSC.taeGut1, BSgenome.Tguttata.UCSC.taeGut1.masked, BSgenome.Tguttata.UCSC.taeGut2, BSgenome.Vvinifera.URGI.IGGP12Xv0, BSgenome.Vvinifera.URGI.IGGP12Xv2, BSgenome.Vvinifera.URGI.IGGP8X, bsseq, BUSpaRse, CAGEr, chromVAR, circRNAprofiler, cleanUpdTSeq, cliProfiler, crisprBowtie, crisprBwa, crisprDesign, CRISPRseek, crisprseekplus, crisprViz, diffHic, dpeak, enhancerHomologSearch, enrichTF, esATAC, EventPointer, exomePeak2, fitCons.UCSC.hg19, FRASER, gcapc, genomation, GenomicDistributionsData, GenVisR, ggbio, gmapR, GreyListChIP, GUIDEseq, Gviz, hiAnnotator, HiCDCPlus, InPAS, IsoformSwitchAnalyzeR, katdetectr, m6Aboost, MADSEQ, MafDb.1Kgenomes.phase1.GRCh38, MafDb.1Kgenomes.phase1.hs37d5, MafDb.1Kgenomes.phase3.GRCh38, MafDb.1Kgenomes.phase3.hs37d5, MafDb.ExAC.r1.0.GRCh38, MafDb.ExAC.r1.0.hs37d5, MafDb.ExAC.r1.0.nonTCGA.GRCh38, MafDb.ExAC.r1.0.nonTCGA.hs37d5, MafDb.gnomAD.r2.1.GRCh38, MafDb.gnomAD.r2.1.hs37d5, MafDb.gnomADex.r2.1.GRCh38, MafDb.gnomADex.r2.1.hs37d5, MafDb.TOPMed.freeze5.hg19, MafDb.TOPMed.freeze5.hg38, MafH5.gnomAD.v3.1.1.GRCh38, MafH5.gnomAD.v3.1.2.GRCh38, methrix, MethylSeekR, MMDiff2, monaLisa, Motif2Site, motifbreakR, motifmatchr, msgbsR, multicrispr, MungeSumstats, musicatk, MutationalPatterns, NxtIRFcore, ORFik, phastCons100way.UCSC.hg19, phastCons100way.UCSC.hg38, phastCons7way.UCSC.hg38, PING, pipeFrame, podkat, qsea, QuasR, R453Plus1Toolbox, RareVariantVis, RCAS, regioneR, REMP, Repitools, RESOLVE, ribosomeProfilingQC, RNAmodR, scmeth, SCOPE, seqArchRplus, signeR, SigsPack, SingleMoleculeFootprinting, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP149.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP150.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP155.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP155.GRCh38, SparseSignatures, spatzie, spiky, SpliceWiz, TAPseq, TFBSTools, trena, tRNAscanImport, Ularcirc, UMI4Cats, VariantAnnotation, VariantFiltering, VariantTools, XNAString, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38
Suggests Me Biostrings, biovizBase, ChIPpeakAnno, chipseq, DiffBind, easyRNASeq, eisaR, factR, GeneRegionScan, GenomeInfoDb, GenomicAlignments, GenomicFeatures, GenomicRanges, maftools, metaseqR2, MiRaGE, plotgardener, ProteoDisco, PWMEnrich, QDNAseq, recoup, RiboCrypt, rtracklayer, sitadela
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