RNA2DNA
(Package: microRNA) :
A Function to translate RNA sequences into DNA sequences.
RNA and DNA differ in that RNA uses uracil (U) and DNA uses thiamine (T), this function translates an RNA sequence into a DNA sequence by translating the characters.
seedRegions
(Package: microRNA) :
A function to retrieve the seed regions from microRNA sequences
The seed region of a microRNA consists of a set of nucleotides at the 5' end of the microRNA, typically bases 2 through 7, although some times 8 is used.