SwissProt Input HowTo

A SwissProt Input object is able to store a dataset of SwissProt proteins and its properties. There are three different input types to create a SwissProt object.

The first one (AC-List) is a single file which contains SwissProt accession numbers (refer to the file specification ). If you choose this kind of input, it is important that an internet connection is available. The program starts automatically downloading the files, defined by the accession number in your input file. The files will be stored in the temporary folder of your operating system, so that repetitive downloads are not necessary.

For the two other input types (XML-Files or Flat-Files) you have to specify a folder containing the files.

After you have selected the input type the program starts to parse the files.
The parsed properties stored in the SwissProt Input object are