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Translation of a RNA sequence

Source: R/rna_to_protein.R
rna_to_protein.Rd

This function takes a RNA sequence as input and translates it in all six reading frames.

Usage

rna_to_protein(sequence)

Arguments

sequence

A character string representing a RNA sequence.

Value

A list of character strings representing the translated protein sequences in all six frames.

Examples

sequence <- "AUCGAGCUAGCUAGCUAGCUAGCU"
rna_to_protein(sequence)
#> $`Frame F1`
#> [1] "IELAS"
#> 
#> $`Frame F2`
#> [1] "SS"
#> 
#> $`Frame F3`
#> [1] "RAS"
#> 
#> $`Frame R1`
#> [1] "S"
#> 
#> $`Frame R2`
#> [1] "AS"
#> 
#> $`Frame R3`
#> [1] "LAS"
#> 
# Returns a list containing the translated protein sequences in all six frames:
# $`Frame F1`
# [1] "IELAS"
#
# $`Frame F2`
# [1] "SS"
#
# $`Frame F3`
# [1] "RAS"
#
# $`Frame R1`
# [1] "S"
#
# $`Frame R2`
# [1] "AS"
#
# $`Frame R3`
# [1] "LAS"