Reverse complement of a nucleotide sequence

Reverses a nucleotide sequence and replaces each base with its complement using BASE_PARTNER. Supports standard bases (a/c/g/t, A/C/G/T), IUPAC ambiguity codes, and the gap character (".").

Usage

reverse_complement(seq)

Arguments

seq

Character string. The nucleotide sequence to reverse-complement.

Value

A character string of the same length as seq, reversed and complemented.

Examples

reverse_complement("ACGT")   # "ACGT"
#> [1] "ACGT"
reverse_complement("AACGT")  # "ACGTT"
#> [1] "ACGTT"