How to handle 'N' in Nucleotide/Genes Sequences retrieved from NCBI GeneBank?
Some sequences retrieved from NCBI, contain letter 'N', which means that these nucleotide bases are not deciphered correctly, leaving an unidentified nucleotide. Should I replace N with any other base i.e. AGTC, assuming N can be any nucleotide, or I should exclude such sequences assuming that the sequencing done was not of good quality. If none of these, what I can do with such sequences in my dataset?
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Most good tools will allow Ns in the sequences but it depends what you’re intending to do with them.
The one thing you almost certainly should not do, is replace them with a random nucleotide.