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Load FASTA Files

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Each FASTA is loaded and parsed such that one output row of the table contains the data for 1 sequence in the file. The node attempts to parse the header block according to the standard options supplied, as indicated:

  • GenBank >gi|{gi-number}|gb|{accession}|{locus}
  • EMBL Data Library >gi|{gi-number}|emb|{accession}|{locus}
  • DDBJ, DNA Database of Japan >gi|{gi-number}|dbj|{accession}|{locus}
  • NBRF PIR >pir||{entry}
  • Protein Research Foundation >prf||{name}
  • SWISS-PROT >sp|{accession}|{name} or >tr|{accession}|{name}
  • PDB >{PDB ID}:{chain}|PDBID|CHAIN|SEQUENCE
  • Patents >pat|{country}|{number}
  • GenInfo Backbone Id >bbs|{number}
  • General database identifier >gnl|{database}|{identifier}
  • NCBI Reference Sequence >ref|{accession}|{locus}
  • Local Sequence identifier >lcl|{identifier}
  • Other (No properties extracted)

This node was developed by Vernalis Research . For feedback and more information, please contact knime@vernalis.com

Node details

Input ports
  1. Type: Flow Variable
    Flow variables
    Optional flow variables containing file path(s)
Output ports
  1. Type: Table
    FASTA Sequences
    Parsed content of the loaded files

Extension

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