[BioPython] formatdb over python code

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Jun 10 05:41:27 EDT 2008


On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Stefanie Lück <lueck at ipk-gatersleben.de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Does someone know's whether it's possible to make a database with formatdb
> (NCBI) via python code (among Windows) and not over the console?

Hello Stefanie,

I don't think Biopython has a wrapper for the NCBI formatdb tool, but
you could construct the command line string yourself and call it with
one of the standard python os functions, e.g. os.popen().

Peter



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