[Biopython] qblast against RefSeq

Miguel Romero phyrexian.kavu at gmail.com
Sun Dec 9 03:53:47 UTC 2012


Hi!
Im learning how to run BLAST over the internet and Im interested in
blasting against the RefSeq database. For now I have managed to blast
against the nr database with:

result_handle = NCBIWWW.qblast("blastp", "nr", sequence_string)

but I dont know how to search against RefSeq, if I enter:

result_handle = NCBIWWW.qblast("blastp", "refseq", sequence_string)

the blast record is empty! Is it possible to blast against the RefSeq
database? What should I type in the second argument?

Thank you!

Miguel Romero

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[Theropoda is my profession]



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