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motifStack

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Plot stacked logos for single or multiple DNA, RNA and amino acid sequence

v1.56.0 · software · GPL (>= 2)

Release Lineage

Entered 2.11 · Oct 3, 2012

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 28 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

The motifStack package is designed for graphic representation of multiple motifs with different similarity scores. It works with both DNA/RNA sequence motif and amino acid sequence motif. In addition, it provides the flexibility for users to customize the graphic parameters such as the font type and symbol colors.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

99 32 exported

Complexity

9.1 avg / 114 max

Call network

99 nodes / 103 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

12,497

Files

126

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 9,144 (73.2%)Tests 4 (0%)Docs 2,778 (22.2%)Vignettes 571 (4.6%)

API

Exported functions

33

Internal functions

67

Recent export changes

v3.6+2 plotAffinityLogo, importMatrix
v3.5+3 browseMotifs, browseMotifsOutput, renderbrowseMotifs

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

50%

Unsafe pattern score

2

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

2.15.1

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL (>= 2)

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

28

First release

2013-03-06

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

181 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

17

LOC over versions

v2.11: 1,152 LOCv2.12: 3,024 LOCv2.13: 3,088 LOCv2.14: 3,220 LOCv3.0: 3,337 LOCv3.1: 4,520 LOCv3.2: 5,444 LOCv3.3: 5,444 LOCv3.4: 5,444 LOCv3.5: 5,366 LOCv3.6: 6,344 LOCv3.7: 6,381 LOCv3.8: 6,393 LOCv3.9: 6,389 LOCv3.10: 6,996 LOCv3.11: 6,995 LOCv3.12: 12,129 LOCv3.13: 12,129 LOCv3.14: 12,281 LOCv3.15: 12,394 LOCv3.16: 12,397 LOCv3.17: 12,409 LOCv3.18: 12,409 LOCv3.19: 12,432 LOCv3.20: 12,444 LOCv3.21: 12,444 LOCv3.22: 12,497 LOCv3.23: 12,497 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 84 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 0% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
95%
Return-value docs
94%
References docs
2%

Topics

Depended on by (13)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("motifStack")
Ou, J., Brodsky, M., Developer, L. J. Z., & Wolfe, S. (2026). motifStack: Plot stacked logos for single or multiple DNA, RNA and amino acid sequence (Version 1.56.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/motifStack

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for motifStack version 1.56.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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