[Biopython] Host_organism field in SwissProt

bar tomas bartomas at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 11:25:36 EST 2009


Hi,
I'm using BioPython for processing protein sequences from SwissProt database.
I'm following the excellent tutorial documentation on SwissProt querying (p.107)
I'm just wondering about the meaning of the field 'host_organism' in a
swissprot record, as I haven't yet found a record where the value of
this field is supplied.
If the record concerns the protein sequence of a bacteria, for
instance, does the host_organism field contain a list of taxonomic ids
of possible host organisms where the bacteria can be found?
Many thanks


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