Biopython

Overview

  • Biopython is a set of freely available tools for biological computation written in Python by an international team of developers.

  • The standard Biopython package and release supports the following formats:

    • Blast output – both from standalone and WWW Blast

    • Clustalw

    • FASTA

    • GenBank

    • PubMed and Medline

    • ExPASy files, like Enzyme and Prosite

    • SCOP, including ‘dom’ and ‘lin’ files

    • UniGene

    • SwissProt

Using

Use the module name biopython to discover versions available and to load the application. Also note the version of Python this has been installed against.

Note: On Beartooth, a version of this module is automatically loaded as part of the localizer application