Skip to main content

Making Sense of Sequences

Biological Sequences and Python Data Structures

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Python for the Life Sciences

Abstract

Sequences are a key part of biology, and in this chapter, we introduce the Python features that make it a wonderful tool for storing, searching, and analyzing protein and nucleic sequences. If Python’s facility for handling sequences was its only appeal to life scientists, that alone would make it worthy of its place in the biologist’s toolbox.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html

  2. 2.

    codehabitude.com/2013/12/24/python-objects-mutable-vs-immutable/

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Alexander Lancaster and Gordon Webster

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Lancaster, A., Webster, G. (2019). Making Sense of Sequences. In: Python for the Life Sciences. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4523-1_3

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics