GeneSpeak

A library to encode text as DNA and decode DNA to text.

GeneSpeak allows you to encode regular text as DNA using base-pairs (A, T, G, C) and convert back to the original text. Text encoding is done for both ascii and utf-8 characters based on the strategy keyword argument. The encoding scheme could be any combination of A, T, G, C.

Installation

You can install the library via pip or conda.

Install with pip

pip install genespeak

Install with conda

conda install -c conda-forge genespeak

Quickstart

See the quickstart guide here.

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Usage

import genespeak as gp
print(f'{gp.__name__} version: {gp.__version__}')

schema = "ATCG" # (1)
strategy = "ascii" # (2)
text = "Hello World!"

dna = gp.text_to_dna(text, schema=schema)
text_from_dna = gp.dna_to_text(dna, schema=schema)
print(f'Text: {text}\nEncoded DNA: {dna}\nDecoded Text: {text_from_dna}\nSuccess: {text == text_from_dna}')

Output

genespeak version: 0.0.5
Text: Hello World!
Encoded DNA: TACATCTTTCGATCGATCGGACAATTTGTCGGTGACTCGATCTAACAT

Text: Hello World!
Encoded DNA: TACATCTTTCGATCGATCGGACAATTTGTCGGTGACTCGATCTAACAT
Decoded Text: Hello World!

Documentation

The genespeak docs are maintained here.

License

The library is available under MIT license.

Citation

You may cite this library as follows.

@software{ray2022genespeak,
    author = {Ray, Sugato},
    title = {{genespeak} - A library to encode text as DNA and decode DNA to text},
    url = {https://github.com/sugatoray/genespeak}
}

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