Bio.motifs.transfac module¶
Parsing TRANSFAC files.
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class
Bio.motifs.transfac.
Motif
(alphabet=None, instances=None, counts=None)¶ Bases:
Bio.motifs.Motif
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Store the information for one TRANSFAC motif.
This class inherits from the Bio.motifs.Motif base class, as well as from a Python dictionary. All motif information found by the parser is stored as attributes of the base class when possible; see the Bio.motifs.Motif base class for a description of these attributes. All other information associated with the motif is stored as (key, value) pairs in the dictionary, where the key is the two-letter fields as found in the TRANSFAC file. References are an exception: These are stored in the .references attribute.
These fields are commonly found in TRANSFAC files:
AC: Accession number AS: Accession numbers, secondary BA: Statistical basis BF: Binding factors BS: Factor binding sites underlying the matrix [sequence; SITE accession number; start position for matrix sequence; length of sequence used; number of gaps inserted; strand orientation.] CC: Comments CO: Copyright notice DE: Short factor description DR: External databases [database name: database accession number] DT: Date created/updated HC: Subfamilies HP: Superfamilies ID: Identifier NA: Name of the binding factor OC: Taxonomic classification OS: Species/Taxon OV: Older version PV: Preferred version TY: Type XX: Empty line; these are not stored in the Record.
References are stored in an .references attribute, which is a list of dictionaries with the following keys:
RN: Reference number RA: Reference authors RL: Reference data RT: Reference title RX: PubMed ID
For more information, see the TRANSFAC documentation.
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multiple_value_keys
= {'BF', 'BS', 'DR', 'DT', 'HC', 'HP', 'OV'}¶
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reference_keys
= {'RA', 'RL', 'RT', 'RX'}¶
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class
Bio.motifs.transfac.
Record
¶ Bases:
list
Store the information in a TRANSFAC matrix table.
The record inherits from a list containing the individual motifs.
- Attributes:
version - The version number, corresponding to the ‘VV’ field in the TRANSFAC file;
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__init__
(self)¶ Initialize.
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__str__
(self)¶ Turn the TRANSFAC matrix into a string.
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Bio.motifs.transfac.
read
(handle, strict=True)¶ Parse a transfac format handle into a Record object.
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Bio.motifs.transfac.
write
(motifs)¶ Write the representation of a motif in TRANSFAC format.