Rsamtools

Import aligned BAM file format sequences into R / Bioconductor

Bioconductor version: Development (2.8)

This package provides an interface to the 'samtools' utilities (see 'LICENCE') for manipulating SAM (Sequence Alignment / Map) format files. Facilities currently available include flexible file input.

Author: Martin Morgan, Herv\'e Pag\`es

Maintainer: Biocore Team c/o BioC user list

To install this package, start R and enter:

source("http:///biocLite.R")
biocLite("Rsamtools")    

Documentation

PDF R Script An introduction to Rsamtools
PDF R Script Using samtools C libraries

Reference Manual

Details

biocViews DataImport, Sequencing, HighThroughputSequencing
Depends methods, IRanges, GenomicRanges, Biostrings
Imports methods, utils, IRanges, GenomicRanges, Biostrings
Suggests ShortRead, GenomicFeatures, RUnit, KEGG.db
System Requirements
License Artistic-2.0 + file LICENSE
URL http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/Rsamtools.html
Depends On Me ShortRead, girafe
Imports Me R453Plus1Toolbox, ShortRead
Suggests Me GenomicRanges, R453Plus1Toolbox
Version 1.3.32

Package Downloads

Package Source Rsamtools_1.3.32.tar.gz
Windows Binary Rsamtools_1.3.31.zip (32- & 64-bit)
MacOS 10.5 (Leopard) binary Rsamtools_1.3.31.tgz
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