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There is a whole chapter in the [http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html Tutorial] on the Seq object. | There is a whole chapter in the [http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html Tutorial] on the Seq object. | ||
| − | If you need to store additional information like a sequence identifer or name, or even more details like a description or annotation, then we use a [[SeqRecord]] object instead. These are the sequence | + | If you need to store additional information like a sequence identifer or name, or even more details like a description or annotation, then we use a [[SeqRecord]] object instead. These are the sequence records used by the [[SeqIO]] module for reading and writing sequence files. |
Revision as of 11:58, 12 November 2007
In Biopython, sequences are usually held as Seq objects, which hold the sequence string and an associated alphabet.
There is a whole chapter in the Tutorial on the Seq object.
If you need to store additional information like a sequence identifer or name, or even more details like a description or annotation, then we use a SeqRecord object instead. These are the sequence records used by the SeqIO module for reading and writing sequence files.
