The Genbank file parser is a software tool designed for reading and extracting information from Genbank files. It allows users to easily access and analyze genetic sequence data stored in these files, making it ideal for biologists, bioinformaticians, and other researchers in the life sciences.
One example of how to use this library is to parse a file, extract locus information, and print it out. This can be done with the following code:
rec = nebgb.parse_file("./test/data/simple-1.gb").next()
print(rec.locus["name"])
This will print out the name of the locus in the file, in this case 'NP_034640'. Similarly, you can extract other information such as the length of the locus, the source of keywords, and specific features.
One particularly useful feature of nebgb is the ability to iterate over the sequence information in a Genbank file. This can be done using the seqiter method:
for seq in rec.seqiter:
print(seq)
This will print out the sequence information in a readable format.
Overall, I found using nebgb to be a valuable tool for parsing Genbank files. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for extracting information from these files. In addition to using parse_file method, you can also utilize the parse method to read in a string or iterator that yields lines of a Genbank file.
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