in reply to Find a sequence in a multifasta files and motifs

Are you working in a government lab on alien DNA? I mean, shouldnt a fasta file contain A;G;C;T instead of A;C;D;E;F;G;H;I;K;L;M;N;P;Q;R;S;T;V;W;Y?

Edit: Thanks for the explanations, but you kinda ruined the fun.


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Re^2: Find a sequence in a multifasta files and motifs
by kcott (Archbishop) on Jun 28, 2019 at 06:41 UTC
Re^2: Find a sequence in a multifasta files and motifs
by choroba (Cardinal) on Jun 28, 2019 at 08:18 UTC
Re^2: Find a sequence in a multifasta files and motifs
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 27, 2019 at 21:42 UTC

    I'm not a bio-guy, but I think this is IUPAC notation for Earthian DNA.


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Re^2: Find a sequence in a multifasta files and motifs
by rebkirl (Acolyte) on Jun 28, 2019 at 10:05 UTC
    https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?CMD=Web&PAGE_TYPE=BlastDocs&DOC_TYPE=BlastHelp