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Created April 8, 2019 08:03
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RegexComined.py
import re
htt_pattern = '(CAG|CAA){18,}'
htt_mRNA = open('C:/Users/apsciuser/Downloads/htt_gene.fasta').read()
match = re.findall(htt_pattern, htt_mRNA)
print("The number of polyQ repeats found are: " + str(len(match)))
# Console output
# The number of polyQ repeats found are: 1
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