Package Bio :: Package WWW :: Module ExPASy
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Module ExPASy

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This module provides code to access resources at ExPASy over the WWW. http://www.expasy.ch/

Functions: get_prodoc_entry Interface to the get-prodoc-entry CGI script. get_prosite_entry Interface to the get-prosite-entry CGI script. get_sprot_raw Interface to the get-sprot-raw.pl CGI script. sprot_search_ful Interface to the sprot-search-ful CGI script. sprot_search_de Interface to the sprot-search-de CGI script. _open

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get_prodoc_entry(id, cgi='http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/get-prodoc-entry')
Get a handle to a PRODOC entry at ExPASy.
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get_prosite_entry(id, cgi='http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/get-prosite-entry')
Get a handle to a PROSITE entry at ExPASy.
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get_sprot_raw(id, cgi='http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/get-sprot-raw.pl')
Get a handle to a raw SwissProt entry at ExPASy.
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handle
sprot_search_ful(text, make_wild=None, swissprot=1, trembl=None, cgi='http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/sprot-search-ful')
Search SwissProt by full text.
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sprot_search_de(text, swissprot=1, trembl=None, cgi='http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/sprot-search-de')
Search SwissProt by name, description, gene name, species, or organelle.
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scanprosite1(seq=None, id=None, exclude_frequent=None, cgi='http://expasy.cbr.nrc.ca/cgi-bin/scanprosite/scanprosite?1')
Scan a sequence for a Prosite pattern.
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UndoHandle
_open(cgi, params={}, get=1)
Open a handle to ExPASy.
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scanprosite1(seq=None, id=None, exclude_frequent=None, cgi='http://expasy.cbr.nrc.ca/cgi-bin/scanprosite/scanprosite?1')

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Scan a sequence for a Prosite pattern. Either a sequence or a SwissProt/ trEMBL sequence can be passed. exclude_frequent specifies whether to exclude patterns with high probability.

Returns: handle

_open(cgi, params={}, get=1)

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Open a handle to ExPASy. cgi is the URL for the cgi script to access. params is a dictionary with the options to pass to it. get is a boolean that describes whether a GET should be used. Does some simple error checking, and will raise an IOError if it encounters one.

Returns: UndoHandle