<tt>VariantAnnotation</tt> : a <tt>Bioconductor</tt> package for exploration and annotation of genetic variants

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Authors

Valerie Obenchain · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Michael Lawrence · Harvard University

Vincent J. Carey · Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Stephanie M. Gogarten · Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Paul Shannon · University of Washington

Martin Morgan · Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Abstract

This package is implemented in R and available for download at the Bioconductor Web site (http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.13/bioc/html/VariantAnnotation.html). The package contains extensive help pages for individual functions and a 'vignette' outlining typical work flows; it is made available under the open source 'Artistic-2.0' license. Version 1.9.38 was used in this article.

Topics & Keywords

Gene expression and cancer classification Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Bioinformatics

Volume 30, Issue 14, pp. 2076-2078

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu168

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