RNA.
reverse_transcribe
()[source]¶Reverse transcribe RNA into DNA.
State: Stable as of 0.4.1.
It returns the coding DNA strand of the RNA sequence, i.e. uracil (U) is replaced with thymine (T) in the reverse transcribed sequence.
Returns: | Reverse transcribed sequence. |
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Return type: | DNA |
See also
Notes
RNA sequence’s metadata and positional metadata are included in the transcribed DNA sequence.
Examples
Reverse transcribe RNA into DNA:
>>> from skbio import RNA
>>> rna = RNA('UAACGUUA')
>>> rna
RNA
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Stats:
length: 8
has gaps: False
has degenerates: False
has definites: True
GC-content: 25.00%
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0 UAACGUUA
>>> rna.reverse_transcribe()
DNA
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Stats:
length: 8
has gaps: False
has degenerates: False
has definites: True
GC-content: 25.00%
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0 TAACGTTA