BLAST search for similar sequences
[Menu-bar>Align] STRAP allows to search public and private sequence databases to
identify sequences that are similar to a query sequences.
Depending on the type of sequences, there are four search methods:
- The query is an amino acid (aa) sequence and the database contains nucleotide (nt) sequences.
- ... nt ... nt. ...
- ... aa ... aa ...
- ... nt ... aa ...
Most users are already familiar with Web services which are
accessible with a Web browser.
STRAP communicates with the Web services and presents the results.
It provides functionality that is not available in Web-browsers:
- Many jobs can be started simultaneously.
- The Blast result is saved in the cache. If the same query is used a
second time the result is loaded from the cache and appears immediately.
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Blast alert:
The sequence databases are permanently
growing.
With the cache disabled STRAP conducts a new Blast
and compares the new result with the previous result stored in the cache.
It reports if there are new hits since last run and highlights all new hits.
- In STRAP several patterns can be highlighted in different colors.
STRAP identifies patterns even if they are disrupted by a gap.
- Sequences from the hit-list can be loaded with one click.
See UBIC:blastall UBIC:blat UBIC:wu_blast