[Biopython] Could Bio.SeqIO write EMBL file?

[Anne Pajon]

Sorry for the typo,
Please read
     print embl_record.format("embl")
instead of
     print embl_record.format("genbank")

I was just testing if it was possible to write in another format.

On 6 Jan 2010, at 12:20, Anne Pajon wrote:

> Dear,
>
> I'm reading EMBL file with Bio.SeqIO for adding an extra feature  
> qualifier to each of the annotations, and would like to write the  
> modified annotated sequence back to an EMBL file.
>
>    embl_record = SeqIO.read(open("Alistipes_shahii_WAL8301.embl"),  
> "embl")
>    addSystematicId(embl_record)
>    print embl_record.format("genbank")
>
> While running the above I'm getting this error:
> Reading format 'embl' is supported, but not writing
>
> Is there a way around? I know from the documentation on the wiki  
> that biopython does not have a writer for EMBL format. Is there a  
> plan of having one in the future? I volunteer to test it, or if it  
> does not exist yet I may be able to contribute writing it... thanks  
> to let me know.
>
> Kind regards,
> Anne.
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> Dr Anne Pajon - Pathogen Genomics, Team 81
> Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton
> Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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Dr Anne Pajon - Pathogen Genomics, Team 81
Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton
Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 494 798 (office) | +44 (0)7958 511 353 (mobile)



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