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.
Reverse transcribed sequence.
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