SelectAgentsQ

SelectAgentQ[DNAStrand]⟹Boolean

determines if the sequence encoded by DNAStrand maps to a hazardous nucleic acid or protein in the Select Agents list provided by the HHS.

SelectAgentQ[PeptideStrand]⟹Boolean

determines if the sequence encoded by PeptideStrand maps to a hazardous nucleic acid or protein in the Select Agents list provided by the HHS.

Details

The list of Select Agents and Toxins that are monitored by the US government is at the following URL: https://www.selectagents.gov/sat/list.htm#ftn6

Input

Output

General Options

Messages

NCBIFailure Communication to the NCBI server was interrupted for some reason. Please wait and try again.

Examples

Basic Examples (4)

If a conotoxin sequence is detected in the peptide, then the result will be returned early without sending a request to BLAST:

Test a small DNA sequence to check if it encodes for a select agent or toxin:

Test a small peptide sequence to check if it encodes for a select agent or toxin:

Testing a long DNA sequence (>200 bp) sends multiple blast requests and checks each if they encode for a select agent or toxin:

Options (1)

OutputFormat (1)

Changing the OutputFormat to Report generates an association of helpful metadata including the detected agent and matching statistics, which accompanies the Boolean result:

Messages (1)

NCBIFailure (1)

If the NCBI servers fail, the select agents call can't be completed, and an error is returned:

Last modified on Tue 6 Jun 2023 21:38:13