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Cool-Seq-Tool |version|
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+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/cool-seq-tool.svg
+ :alt: PyPI version
+ :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cool-seq-tool
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+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/cool-seq-tool.svg
+ :alt: License
+ :target: https://github.com/genomicmedlab/cool-seq-tool/blob/main/LICENSE
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+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/cool-seq-tool?color=gr
+ :alt: PyPI - supported Python versions
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+.. image:: https://github.com/genomicmedlab/cool-seq-tool/actions/workflows/checks.yaml/badge.svg
+ :alt: tests status
+ :target: https://github.com/genomicmedlab/cool-seq-tool/actions/workflows/checks.yaml
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The **CoolSeqTool** provides:
* A Pythonic API on top of sequence data of interest to tertiary analysis tools, including mappings between gene names and transcripts, `MANE transcript `_ descriptions, and the `Universal Transcript Archive `_