EMBOSS: entret


Program entret

Function

Reads and writes (returns) flatfile entries

Description

entret reads a sequence from a database or a file and writes the complete sequence entry to a text file.

The difference between entret and such programs as seqret which also read entries from databases or files and write them to files, is that entret reads and writes the complete sequence entry together with the heading annotation (documentation). entret therefore is very useful for looking at the annotation of sequences from databases, which seqret does not provide.

The other main difference is that when it writes out the sequence entry to a file, the information is treated as text, not sequence, and so options that you would normally use to change the aspects of the sequence to be written will either not be recognised and will cause an error message to be written (e.g. '-osformat') or will be quietly ignored (e.g. '-sbegin', '-send').

Usage

Here is a sample session with entret:

% entret embl:hsfau
Reads and writes (returns) flatfile entries
Output file [hsfau.entret]: 

Command line arguments

   Mandatory qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          seqall     Sequence database USA
  [-outfile]           outfile    Output file name

   Optional qualifiers: (none)
   Advanced qualifiers:
   -firstonly          bool       Read one sequence and stop


Mandatory qualifiers Allowed values Default
[-sequence]
(Parameter 1)
Sequence database USA Readable sequence(s) Required
[-outfile]
(Parameter 2)
Output file name Output file <sequence>.entret
Optional qualifiers Allowed values Default
(none)
Advanced qualifiers Allowed values Default
-firstonly Read one sequence and stop Yes/No No

Input file format

Normal sequence USA.

Output file format

The output from the example above is show:


% more hsfau.entret
ID   HSFAU      standard; RNA; HUM; 518 BP.
XX
AC   X65923;
XX
SV   X65923.1
XX
DT   13-MAY-1992 (Rel. 31, Created)
DT   23-SEP-1993 (Rel. 37, Last updated, Version 10)
XX
DE   H.sapiens fau mRNA
XX
KW   fau gene.
XX
OS   Homo sapiens (human)
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia;
OC   Eutheria; Primates; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1-518
RA   Michiels L.M.R.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (29-APR-1992) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   L.M.R. Michiels, University of Antwerp, Dept of Biochemistry,
RL   Universiteisplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BELGIUM
XX
RN   [2]
RP   1-518
RX   MEDLINE; 93368957.
RA   Michiels L., Van der Rauwelaert E., Van Hasselt F., Kas K., Merregaert J.;
RT   " fau cDNA encodes a ubiquitin-like-S30 fusion protein and is expressed as
RT   an antisense sequences in the Finkel-Biskis-Reilly murine sarcoma virus";
RL   Oncogene 8:2537-2546(1993).
XX
DR   SWISS-PROT; P35544; UBIM_HUMAN.
DR   SWISS-PROT; Q05472; RS30_HUMAN.
XX
FH   Key             Location/Qualifiers
FH
FT   source          1..518
FT                   /chromosome="11q"
FT                   /db_xref="taxon:9606"
FT                   /organism="Homo sapiens"
FT                   /tissue_type="placenta"
FT                   /clone_lib="cDNA"
FT                   /clone="pUIA 631"
FT                   /map="13"
FT   misc_feature    57..278
FT                   /note="ubiquitin like part"
FT   CDS             57..458
FT                   /db_xref="SWISS-PROT:P35544"
FT                   /db_xref="SWISS-PROT:Q05472"
FT                   /gene="fau"
FT                   /protein_id="CAA46716.1"
FT                   /translation="MQLFVRAQELHTFEVTGQETVAQIKAHVASLEGIAPEDQVVLLAG
FT                   APLEDEATLGQCGVEALTTLEVAGRMLGGKVHGSLARAGKVRGQTPKVAKQEKKKKKTG
FT                   RAKRRMQYNRRFVNVVPTFGKKKGPNANS"
FT   misc_feature    98..102
FT                   /note="nucleolar localization signal"
FT   misc_feature    279..458
FT                   /note="S30 part"
FT   polyA_signal    484..489
FT   polyA_site      509
XX
SQ   Sequence 518 BP; 125 A; 139 C; 148 G; 106 T; 0 other;
     ttcctctttc tcgactccat cttcgcggta gctgggaccg ccgttcagtc gccaatatgc        60
     agctctttgt ccgcgcccag gagctacaca ccttcgaggt gaccggccag gaaacggtcg       120
     cccagatcaa ggctcatgta gcctcactgg agggcattgc cccggaagat caagtcgtgc       180
     tcctggcagg cgcgcccctg gaggatgagg ccactctggg ccagtgcggg gtggaggccc       240
     tgactaccct ggaagtagca ggccgcatgc ttggaggtaa agttcatggt tccctggccc       300
     gtgctggaaa agtgagaggt cagactccta aggtggccaa acaggagaag aagaagaaga       360
     agacaggtcg ggctaagcgg cggatgcagt acaaccggcg ctttgtcaac gttgtgccca       420
     cctttggcaa gaagaagggc cccaatgcca actcttaagt cttttgtaat tctggctttc       480
     tctaataaaa aagccactta gttcagtcaa aaaaaaaa                               518
//

Data files

None.

Notes

None.

References

None.

Warnings

None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

Known bugs

None.

See also

Program nameDescription
cirdnaDraws circular maps of DNA constructs
lindnaDraws linear maps of DNA constructs
remapDisplay a sequence with restriction cut sites, translation etc
seqretReads and writes (returns) sequences
seqretallReads and writes (returns) a set of sequences one at a time
seqretsetReads and writes (returns) a set of sequences all at once
seqretsplitReads and writes (returns) sequences in individual files
showfeatShow features of a sequence
showseqDisplay a sequence with features, translation etc

Author(s)

This application was written by Alan Bleasby (ableasby@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk)

History

Written (Oct 2000) - Alan Bleasby.

Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.

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