Julia package to interface with the Rfam database. Only takes care of finding, downloading, and returning the path to files from the database (e.g. Rfam.cm, fasta files, etc.).
This package is registered. Install with:
import Pkg
Pkg.add("Rfam")This package does not export any symbols.
import Rfam
import FASTX
fasta = Rfam.fasta_file("RF00162"); # downloads `RF00162.fasta` file and returns local path
records = collect(FASTX.FASTA.Reader(open(fasta))); # convert to Fasta records