write_meme {universalmotif} | R Documentation

## Export motifs in MEME format.

### Description

Convert motifs to minimal MEME format and write to file. See http://meme-suite.org/doc/meme-format.html.

### Usage

    write_meme(motifs, file, version = 5, bkg, strand, overwrite = FALSE,
      append = FALSE)

### Arguments

`motifs` | See `convert_motifs()` for acceptable formats.
`file` | `character(1)` File name.
`version` | `numeric(1)` MEME version.
`bkg` | `numeric` Background letter frequencies. If missing, will use background frequencies from motif objects (if they are identical); else background frequencies will be set to freq = 1/length(alphabet)
`strand` | `character` If missing, will use strand from motif objects (if identical); otherwise will default to "+ -"
`overwrite` | `logical(1)` Overwrite existing file.
`append` | `logical(1)` Add to an existing file. Motifs will be written in minimal format, so it is recommended to only use this if the existing file is also a minimal MEME format file.

### Value

`NULL`, invisibly.

### Author(s)

Benjamin Jean-Marie Tremblay, b2tremblay@uwaterloo.ca

### References

Bailey T, Boden M, Buske F, Frith M, Grant C, Clementi L, Ren J, Li W, Noble W (2009). “MEME SUITE: tools for motif discovery and searching.” Nucleic Acids Research, 37, W202-W208.

### See Also

`read_meme()`

Other write_motifs: `write_homer`, `write_jaspar`, `write_matrix`, `write_motifs`, `write_transfac`

### Examples

    transfac <- read_transfac(system.file("extdata", "transfac.txt",
                                        package = "universalmotif"))
    write_meme(transfac, tempfile())

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