[Biopython] parsing a fasta with multiple entries
Nick Leake
nick_leake77 at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 26 15:36:28 UTC 2010
Hello,
I'm having trouble parsing a fasta file with multiple sequences - it is a fasta that has most of the transposable elements in fruit flies found at http://www.fruitfly.org/p_disrupt/TE.html#NAT right side, third box down. I want to be able to access the DNA sequences for manipulation and later removal from a chromosomal region. I originally thought that I could follow the same fasta format example shown in the biopython tutorial. However, that failed to work. I think it might be because there are multiple entries.
Basically, I just want parse the information and have dictionaries hold the transposon elements name and sequence for later use. Can I do that with biopython or should I make my own parser? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm still very much a python novice and get frustrated by not knowing how to ask my questions appropriately.
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