A simple .exe GUI tool to create random Aptamer DNA sequences of specified length and GC content (Windows executable available)
I made this as a quick side project to help anyone who wants a head start on making a random library of aptamers. Please feel free to use my code and improve it any way you like.
To create an executable file from this code, you can use a tool like PyInstaller. Here are the steps to do it:
- Install PyInstaller: pip install pyinstaller < type this in cmd (im assuming you have a version on python installed, if not get the latest one)
- Download the APTGen.py file to a directory
- Open a command prompt or terminal window and navigate to the directory containing APTGen.py
- Run the following command to create the executable file: pyinstaller --onefile random_seq_gui.py
- PyInstaller will create a new directory called dist, which will contain the executable file. TaDaaaa you created an executable program. Note: that the executable file will not include the Python interpreter, so it can be run on a computer without Python installed. However, the file may be flagged as potentially harmful by some antivirus software, since it is an executable file generated from Python code.
- Tinker with my code and add anything you like to it.
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