Gallery - Example 2

Below is the R code to reproduce the example:

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library(DECIPHER)
> 
> # read in sequences from a FASTA file
> fas <- system.file("extdata",
+    "IDH2.fas",
+    package="DECIPHER")
> dna <- readDNAStringSet(fas)
> 
> # simulate melting the DNA sequences
> temps <- seq(80, 95, 0.1)
> melts <- MeltDNA(subseq(dna,
+       start=492,
+       end=542),
+    type="derivative",
+    temps=temps)
> 
> # plot the melt curves' derivatives
> matplot(x=temps,
+    y=melts,
+    type="l",
+    xlab="Temperature (\u00B0C)",
+    ylab="-d(\u03F4)/dTemp")
> legend("topright",
+    c("IDH2 common allele",
+       "R172K SNP allele",
+       "R172G SNP allele",
+       "R172M SNP allele"),
+    col=1:4,
+    lty=1:4,
+    cex=0.8)