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Name: file2dna
Version: 0.4
Summary: A script to encode/decode arbitrary computer files into DNA sequences.
Home-page: https://github.com/allanino/DNA
Author: Allan Inocencio de Souza Costa
Author-email: allaninocencio@yahoo.com.br
License: MIT
Description: DNA
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        This is a Python script to encode/decode arbitrary computer files into
        DNA sequences. It is a straight implementation of a method published in
        `this`_ Nature’s paper. The details of the method can be found in the
        `Supplementary Information`_ report. Another version of report can be 
        `found here`_. The source code organization follows the article steps and 
        nomenclature, so it should be easy to understand. 
        
        How to use
        ----------
        
        Install it using pip:
        
        .. code-block:: console
        
            $ sudo pip install file2dna
        
        The installed script will be called ``dna`` and accepts four types of operations passed as arguments together
        with the file name:
        
        .. code-block:: console
        
            $ dna -h
            usage: dna [-h] [-e | -s | -d | -j] file
        
            positional arguments:
              file        File to be encoded/decoded.
        
            optional arguments:
              -h, --help  show this help message and exit
              -e          encode file and save it as .dna
              -s          encode file and save it as .splitted.zip
              -d          decode .dna file and save as .decoded
              -j          decode .splitted.zip file and save it as .decoded
        
        As an example, we can decode one the `files`_ encoded by the authors of
        the paper. Suppose you have cloned this repo with its examples folder:
        
        .. code-block:: console
        
            $ dna -d examples/DNA_versions/wssnt10.txt.dna
        
        To see the decoded file:
        
        .. code-block:: console
        
            $ cat examples/DNA_versions/wssnt10.txt.decoded
        
        Additional information about this work
        ----------
        
        `Nick Goldman talking about DNA Hard Drivers at the WEF2015`_
        
        `Goldman group DNA storage`_
        
        `Emily Leprous talking about DNA storage`_
        
        `Towards practical, high-capacity, low-maintenance information storage in synthesized DNA`_
        
        Additional information about DNA storage in general
        ----------
        
        `Hidding messages in DNA microdots`_
        
        `An improved Huffman coding method for archiving text, images, and music characters in DNA`_
        
        `Bacterial based storage and encryption device`_
        
        `The Xenotext Experiment`_
        
        `If You Were a Secret Message, Where in the Human Genome Would You Hide?`_
        
        `Store digital files for eons in silica-encased DNA`_
        
        .. _this: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v494/n7435/full/nature11875.html
        .. _Supplementary Information: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v494/n7435/extref/nature11875-s2.pdf
        .. _files: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/goldman-srv/DNA-storage/orig_files/
        .. _found here: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/sites/ebi.ac.uk/files/groups/goldman/file2features_2.0.pdf
        .. _Goldman group DNA storage: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/dna-storage
        .. _Emily Leprous talking about DNA storage: https://vimeo.com/119612296
        .. _Nick Goldman talking about DNA Hard Drivers at the WEF2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvd7OSDGgQ
        .. _Hidding messages in DNA microdots: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carter_Bancroft/publication/12921709_Hiding_messages_in_DNA_microdots/links/0922b4f2ac1d18eb73000000.pdf
        .. _An improved Huffman coding method for archiving text, images, and music characters in DNA: http://www.biotechniques.com/multimedia/archive/00055/Supplementary_Materi_55848a.pdf
        .. _Towards practical, high-capacity, low-maintenance information storage in synthesized DNA: http://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs2104/Spring13Onufriev/LectureNotes/DNA.storage.pdf
        .. _Bacterial based storage and encryption device: http://2010.igem.org/files/presentation/Hong_Kong-CUHK.pdf
        .. _The Xenotext Experiment: http://triplehelixblog.com/2014/01/the-xenotext-experiment/
        .. _If You Were a Secret Message, Where in the Human Genome Would You Hide?: http://nautil.us/blog/-if-you-were-a-secret-message-where-in-the-human-genome-would-you-hide
        .. _Store digital files for eons in silica-encased DNA: http://hackaday.com/2015/02/21/store-digital-files-for-eons-in-silica-encased-dna
Keywords: dna encoding decoding file
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
