find+a+sequence+that+may+be+gapped+with+other+characters

search for a special regex version of the sequence you want in a program that can handle regex find and replex For example, say you want to find the sequence TTGATACCACTGCTT in this subject sequence GGGGTAC:GATGAGATTG:ATACCACTGCTTGGGATCCTCTAGAGTC

change this sequence TTGATACCACTGCTT into T(:+)?T(:+)?G(:+)?A(:+)?T(:+)?A(:+)?C(:+)?C(:+)?A(:+)?C(:+)?T(:+)?G(:+)?C(:+)?T(:+)?T(:+)?

using find (\w)

and replace $1(:+)? or $1\(:+\)?

Then search the subject sequence GGGGTAC:GATGAGATTG:ATACCACTGCTTGGGATCCTCTAGAGTC with the query sequence T(:+)?T(:+)?G(:+)?A(:+)?T(:+)?A(:+)?C(:+)?C(:+)?A(:+)?C(:+)?T(:+)?G(:+)?C(:+)?T(:+)?T(:+)?