Overview -------- From String ~~~~~~~~~~~ A sequence can be made from a string using: >>> import valerius >>> sequence1 = valerius.from_string("MALWMRLLPL") >>> sequence2 = valerius.from_string("ggttgaactactcat") valerius will automatically detect which sequence type it is, and will return a :py:class:`.PeptideSequence` for example, or :py:class:`.RnaSequence` as required. Basic properties can be queried: >>> "LLP" in sequence1 True >>> sequence1.type 'peptide' >>> sequence.length 10 >>> sequence2.frequencies Counter({'T': 5, 'A': 4, 'G': 3, 'C': 3}) >>> sequence1.codes ['MET', 'ALA', 'LEU', 'TRP', 'MET', 'ARG', 'LEU', 'LEU', 'PRO', 'LEU'] >>> sequence2.gc_content 0.4 Opening ~~~~~~~ You can open a file... >>> sequence = valerius.open("my_sequence.fasta") >>> sequence ...or fetch them... >>> sequence = valerius.fetch("P01308")