[Biopython] Using ClustalW Webtool

[Peter]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Ömer AN <bounlu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Actually I solved the problem on my own by installing ClustalW
> to my local machine and setting the directory.

Good.

> But is it possible to run it over internet i.e. telling the url to the
> python ? If so, how?

In theory that is possible - for instance Biopython has code to
talk to the NCBI servers to run BLAST remotely. In this case,
why bother? For most datasets ClustalW is fast enough to run
on an ordinary computer.

Peter