MEET (version 5.1.1)

numericalDNA: Conversion of nucleotides to numerical vectors

Description

Convert a nucleotide to a numerical vector, using a representation where each nucleotide is placed at the vertex of a regular tetrahedron.

Usage

numericalDNA(background)

Arguments

background

Corresponding point in the tetrahedron of the input nucleotide

References

Silverman, B.D., and Linske, R.: A measure of DNA periodicity, Journal of Theoretical Biology 118, volume 118, 295-300, 1986

See Also

convertDNA

Examples

require("MEET")
background<-c(0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25)
numericA<-numericalDNA(background)