METHOD TO ENCODE A DNA SEQUENCE AND TO COMPRESS A DNA SEQUENCE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for encoding a DNA sequence and a method for compressing a DNA sequence. The method for encoding a DNA sequence according to the present invention comprises the steps of: encoding bases of the DNA sequence comprising adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T), into 2 bits; forming one byte with a predetermined number of the encoded bases; and forming a DNA sequence in the byte unit. Also, the method for compressing a DNA sequence according to the present ivnention further comprises a step of compressing the encoded DNA sequence using a data compression method. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively encode a DNA sequence and improve compression rate and compression speed of DNA sequence information.