> ¨Βοβεςτ¬ μενε δισγμοσε σονε νοςε ιξζοςνατιοαβουτθξατυςε οζ τθ> problem. Actually I have Protein ¨Βερυεξγεσ ¨στςιξησ οζ φαςιαβμε μεξητθ > composed of a 20 letter alphabet) for example "CAARGNDLYSKNIG" can be > considered as a protein sequence. basically it's just a string. Have you looked at the BioRuby project? They may have classes that can help. http://bioruby.org/