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I do apologize for the sparse details.

A polyA tail can be defined as a string of length 10 or greater containing only 'A' or 'N'.

For example,

AAAANAAAAANNNAANANANN

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNAAA

The files to search contain 80 character lines terminated with a control-M, as follows :

ACGGAAAATCGGATCTGAATGTCTAGAGGGGTTCTCTCCCTTGGTGTGAGTCTAGCCCTGAAAGTTGCCACTCATTGAGC^M CGTTGCCGACTGAGGCTTTGGACTCCAAGGGTAAGGAGCAGACGATGGAGGACGATTTGCTTTGGGGCATCACGCAACCA^M TCCCACTCTCGCGAAGCCAAATTTGTCGAGAGTACTCTGGGGGGAAGAGATCAGAATTGTGCAGACTAATCCGTAACTGC^M CAAGTACTATTGGCCCTGTTCCAACCATCTAACCTCCTTATGATAACCATGCCACTAAATGGGTTCCTGGATCTGCACCT^M CATTCGCTCGCCTTATGGCCTCGGCTCTCTGCGTATCCACCCTCCTCGTCACCGCCATGCCCTTCGACCTTCAGCGGGGG^M

Thus far, I have used only grep, but I think the control-M may be imbedded in some of the poly A stretches.

Thank you again!

In reply to Re: Re: BioInformatics - polyA tail search by MiamiGenome
in thread BioInformatics - polyA tail search by MiamiGenome

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