def parse_fasta()

in src/analysis/parsers.py [0:0]

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def parse_fasta(fasta_string: str) -> Tuple[Sequence[str], Sequence[str]]:
  """Parses FASTA string and returns list of strings with amino-acid sequences.

  Arguments:
    fasta_string: The string contents of a FASTA file.

  Returns:
    A tuple of two lists:
    * A list of sequences.
    * A list of sequence descriptions taken from the comment lines. In the
      same order as the sequences.
  """
  sequences = []
  descriptions = []
  index = -1
  for line in fasta_string.splitlines():
    line = line.strip()
    if line.startswith('>'):
      index += 1
      descriptions.append(line[1:])  # Remove the '>' at the beginning.
      sequences.append('')
      continue
    elif not line:
      continue  # Skip blank lines.
    sequences[index] += line

  return sequences, descriptions