[Bioperl-l] Can bioperl parse homologene files?

[Andrew Macgregor]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me whether bioperl can be used to parse homologene 
files available from NCBI? Is this the type of thing bioperl can do? 
I've had a good look around the list archives, the tutorial etc but 
don't seem to be able to find anything. Am I missing something? The 
file is the hmlg.trip.ftp file and looks like this:

>
Hs|Mm|B|LL.23271 |23585 |AL110158  |LL.67886 |144143 |AK018678  |92.51
Hs|Rn|B|LL.23271 |23585 |BC011385  | |51149 |AI454462  |90.26
Rn|Mm|B| |51149 |AI454462  |LL.67886 |144143 |AV233538  |93.47
TITLE Hs.23585=KIAA1078	KIAA1078 protein
TITLE Mm.144143=1600013L13Rik	RIKEN cDNA 1600013L13 gene
TITLE Rn.51149=-	ESTs
>
Xl|Dm|B| |1091 |AB045628  | |LL.41094 |  |68.27
Dr|Xl|B| |2089 |AI588500  | |1091 |BG363776  |82.52
Hs|Xl|B|LL.23369 |6151 |AF315591  | |1091 |AB045628  |77.98
Mm|Xl|B|LL.80913 |20543 |AY027917  | |1091 |AB045628  |77.72
Rn|Xl|B| |44196 |BF417362  | |1091 |AB045628  |83.62
Rn|Dm|B| |44196 |AI408670  | |LL.41094 |  |79.39
Hs|Mm|c|LL.23369 |6151| |LL.80913 |20543 | |
Hs|Mm|B|LL.23369 |6151 |AF315591  |LL.80913 |20543 |AY027917  |93.35
Dr|Dm|B| |2089 |AI588500  | |LL.41094 |  |73.41
TITLE Dm.LL.41094=pum	pumilio
TITLE Dr.2089=-	ESTs, Moderately similar to A46221 abdominal segment 
formation protein pumilio - fruit fly [D.melanogaster]
TITLE Hs.6151=PUM2	pumilio (Drosophila) homolog 2
TITLE Mm.20543=Pum2	pumilio 2 (Drosophila)
TITLE Rn.44196=-	ESTs, Moderately similar to A46221 abdominal 
segment formation protein pumilio - fruit fly [D.melanogaster]
TITLE Xl.1091=-	Xenopus laevis mRNA for pumilio, partial cds

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Cheers, Andrew.