[Bioperl-l] A perl regex query

[neeti somaiya]

Hi,

This isnt really a bioperl query.
But does anyone know how I can substitute all special characters (+ some
other things) in a string with nothing in perl?
I mean if I have a string like Cyclic-2,3-bisphospho-D-glycerate and I want
ouput as bisphosphoglycerate. I want to remove -D-, Cyclic-, 2,3- etc.

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-Neeti
Even my blood says, B positive