Package: SeqKat Type: Package Title: Detection of Kataegis Version: 0.0.9 Authors@R: c( person("Fouad", "Yousif", role = "aut"), person("Xihui", "Lin", role = "aut"), person("Fan", "Fan", role = "aut"), person("Christopher", "Lalansingh", role = "aut"), person("John", "Macdonald", role = "aut"), person("Paul", "C. Boutros", role = "cre", email = "pboutros@sbpdiscovery.org") ) URL: https://github.com/TheBoutrosLab/package-SeqKat BugReports: https://github.com/TheBoutrosLab/package-SeqKat/issues Description: Kataegis is a localized hypermutation occurring when a region is enriched in somatic SNVs. Kataegis can result from multiple cytosine deaminations catalyzed by the AID/APOBEC family of proteins. This package contains functions to detect kataegis from SNVs in BED format. This package reports two scores per kataegic event, a hypermutation score and an APOBEC mediated kataegic score. Yousif, F. et al.; The Origins and Consequences of Localized and Global Somatic Hypermutation; Biorxiv 2018 . Depends: R (>= 2.15.1), foreach, doParallel Imports: Rcpp (>= 0.11.0) LinkingTo: Rcpp Suggests: testthat, doMC, rmarkdown, knitr License: GPL (>= 2) RoxygenNote: 6.0.1 VignetteBuilder: rmarkdown, knitr Repository: https://theboutroslab.r-universe.dev Date/Publication: 2026-03-18 22:17:16 UTC RemoteUrl: https://github.com/theboutroslab/package-seqkat RemoteRef: HEAD RemoteSha: 464ce2329100335300021eb358e2a2f6bf6d5a75 NeedsCompilation: yes Packaged: 2026-07-16 06:02:28 UTC; root Author: Fouad Yousif [aut], Xihui Lin [aut], Fan Fan [aut], Christopher Lalansingh [aut], John Macdonald [aut], Paul C. Boutros [cre] Maintainer: Paul C. Boutros