+++ /dev/null
-"""Code to transcribe DNA into RNA or back (OBSOLETE).
-
-You are now encouraged to use the Seq object methods or the functions
-in Bio.Seq instead.
-
-This module is now considered to be obsolete, and is likely to be deprecated
-in a future release of Biopython, and later removed.
-"""
-
-from Bio import Alphabet, Seq
-from Bio.Alphabet import IUPAC
-
-class Transcribe:
- def __init__(self, dna_alphabet, rna_alphabet):
- self.dna_alphabet = dna_alphabet
- self.rna_alphabet = rna_alphabet
-
- def transcribe(self, dna):
- assert dna.alphabet == self.dna_alphabet, \
- "transcribe has the wrong DNA alphabet"
- s = dna.data
- return Seq.Seq(s.replace("T", "U"), self.rna_alphabet)
- def back_transcribe(self, rna):
- assert rna.alphabet == self.rna_alphabet, \
- "back transcribe has the wrong RNA alphabet"
- s = rna.data
- return Seq.Seq(s.replace("U", "T"), self.dna_alphabet)
-
-generic_transcriber = Transcribe(Alphabet.generic_dna,
- Alphabet.generic_rna)
-ambiguous_transcriber = Transcribe(IUPAC.ambiguous_dna,
- IUPAC.ambiguous_rna)
-unambiguous_transcriber = Transcribe(IUPAC.unambiguous_dna,
- IUPAC.unambiguous_rna)