sequenceString

Note

This class is imported from VRS. Its full documentation can be found in the latest VRS specification at vrs.ga4gh.org.

Trial Use

May change in future releases. See Maturity Model.

Computational Definition

A character string of residues that represents a biological sequence using the conventional sequence order (5’-to-3’ for nucleic acid sequences, and amino-to-carboxyl for amino acid sequences). IUPAC ambiguity codes are permitted in Sequence Strings.

Used in: Literal Sequence Expression, Reference Length Expression, Sequence Location, Sequence Reference