problem with Bioperl get_sequence ('swiss', "acc#");

[Bohr]

Hi,

I installed Bioperl on OSX(Tiger) via Fink and ran into a problem when running the test tutorial: perl -w bptutorial.pl 5 The message that I get is that the acc (...) does not exist. When looking into the code, the program tries to access the online database 'swissprot' server but fails. I tried the corresponding script for two different online databases 'genbank' and 'embl' and I can retrieve DNA sequences without problem.

Is this a known issue for users of Bioperl? Are there any hints how to solve this? I assume that it might be related to how the request is communicated to the online database... but it is not clear to me how to best troubleshoot this.

[KevinADC]

best to ask on the bioperl website if they have a forum, or a bioperl newsgroup or mailing list. Personally, I have no idea, and I also doubt it has anything to do with perl.

[Bohr]

I agree and will try the Bioperl forum. Thank's for your reply!