biopython

1# Biopython: Computational Molecular Biology in Python
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3## Overview
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5Biopython is a comprehensive set of freely available Python tools for biological computation. It provides functionality for sequence manipulation, file I/O, database access, structural bioinformatics, phylogenetics, and many other bioinformatics tasks. The current version is **Biopython 1.85** (released January 2025), which supports Python 3 and requires NumPy.
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7## When to Use This Skill
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9Use this skill when:
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11- Working with biological sequences (DNA, RNA, or protein)
12- Reading, writing, or converting biological file formats (FASTA, GenBank, FASTQ, PDB, mmCIF, etc.)
13- Accessing NCBI databases (GenBank, PubMed, Protein, Gene, etc.) via Entrez
14- Running BLAST searches or parsing BLAST results
15- Performing sequence alignments (pairwise or multiple sequence alignments)
16- Analyzing protein structures from PDB files
17- Creating, manipulating, or visualizing phylogenetic trees
18- Finding sequence motifs or analyzing motif patterns
19- Calculating sequence statistics (GC content, molecular weight, melting temperature, etc.)
20- Performing structural bioinformatics tasks
21- Working with population genetics data
22- Any other computational molecular biology task
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