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The Codons module is a lightweight tool for 1) conducting transcription and translation of genetic sequences, either from a FASTA format or a string; 2) making and reading FASTA or multi-FASTA files; and 3) conducting BLAST searches of protein and nucleotide sequences. Example Notebooks of these features are offered in the "examples" directory of the Codons GitHub repository <https://github.com/freiburgermsu/codons/tree/main/examples>_.
Installation +++++++++++++
The following command installs Codons in a command prompt/terminal environment::
pip install codons
The full documentation is available on ReadTheDocs <https://codons.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_.