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source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite("BSgenome")

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BSgenome

Infrastructure for Biostrings-based genome data packages and support for efficient SNP representation

Bioconductor version: 3.2

Infrastructure shared by all the Biostrings-based genome data packages

Author: Herve Pages

Maintainer: H. Pages <hpages at fredhutch.org>

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

Installation

To install this package, start R and enter:

## try http:// if https:// URLs are not supported
source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite("BSgenome")

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("BSgenome")

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

Details

biocViews	Annotation, DataRepresentation, Genetics, Infrastructure, SNP, SequenceMatching, Software
Version	1.38.0
In Bioconductor since	BioC 1.9 (R-2.4) (9.5 years)
License	Artistic-2.0
Depends	R (>= 2.8.0), methods, BiocGenerics(>= 0.13.8), S4Vectors(>= 0.5.10), IRanges(>= 2.1.33), GenomeInfoDb(>= 1.3.19), GenomicRanges(>= 1.19.23), Biostrings(>= 2.35.3), rtracklayer(>= 1.25.8)
Imports	methods, stats, BiocGenerics, S4Vectors, IRanges, XVector, GenomeInfoDb, GenomicRanges, Biostrings, Rsamtools, rtracklayer
LinkingTo
Suggests	BiocInstaller, Biobase, BSgenome.Celegans.UCSC.ce2, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5, TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene, TxDb.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10.knownGene, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, hgu95av2probe, RUnit
SystemRequirements
Enhances
URL
Depends On Me	BSgenome.Alyrata.JGI.v1, BSgenome.Amellifera.BeeBase.assembly4, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2.masked, 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.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.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.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.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.Hsapiens.1000genomes.hs37d5, BSgenome.Hsapiens.NCBI.GRCh38, 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.masked, BSgenome.Mfascicularis.NCBI.5.0, BSgenome.Mfuro.UCSC.musFur1, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2.masked, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9.masked, BSgenome.Osativa.MSU.MSU7, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2.masked, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn6, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer1, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer2, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer3, 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, CAGEr, cleanUpdTSeq, GOTHiC, htSeqTools, leeBamViews, MEDIPS, motifRG, REDseq, regioneR, rGADEM, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20090506, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20120608, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP142.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38
Imports Me	BEAT, BSgenome.Alyrata.JGI.v1, BSgenome.Amellifera.BeeBase.assembly4, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2, BSgenome.Amellifera.UCSC.apiMel2.masked, 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.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.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.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.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.Hsapiens.NCBI.GRCh38, 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.masked, BSgenome.Mfascicularis.NCBI.5.0, BSgenome.Mfuro.UCSC.musFur1, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac2.masked, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3, BSgenome.Mmulatta.UCSC.rheMac3.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm10.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm8.masked, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9, BSgenome.Mmusculus.UCSC.mm9.masked, BSgenome.Osativa.MSU.MSU7, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro2.masked, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3, BSgenome.Ptroglodytes.UCSC.panTro3.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn4.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn5.masked, BSgenome.Rnorvegicus.UCSC.rn6, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer1, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer2, BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer3, 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, charm, ChIPpeakAnno, cobindR, CRISPRseek, diffHic, genomation, ggbio, gmapR, GreyListChIP, GUIDEseq, Gviz, hiAnnotator, InPAS, MethylSeekR, motifbreakR, phastCons100way.UCSC.hg19, phastCons100way.UCSC.hg38, phastCons7way.UCSC.hg38, PING, podkat, QuasR, R453Plus1Toolbox, regioneR, Repitools, seqplots, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20090506, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20120608, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP142.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38, TFBSTools, VariantAnnotation, VariantFiltering, VariantTools, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP141.GRCh38, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh37, XtraSNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP144.GRCh38
Suggests Me	Biostrings, biovizBase, chipseq, easyRNASeq, GeneRegionScan, GenomeInfoDb, GenomicAlignments, GenomicFeatures, GenomicRanges, genoset, metaseqR, MiRaGE, oneChannelGUI, QDNAseq, rtracklayer, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20100427, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20101109, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20110815, SNPlocs.Hsapiens.dbSNP.20111119, spliceR, waveTiling
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Package Source	BSgenome_1.38.0.tar.gz
Windows Binary	BSgenome_1.38.0.zip
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Git source	https://github.com/Bioconductor-mirror/BSgenome/tree/release-3.2
Package Short Url	http://bioconductor.org/packages/BSgenome/
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