This application lets you search National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases for matches to text or sequence that you specify.
- Query part or all of a nucleotide or protein sequence against one of NCBI’s sequence databases using the Basic Alignment Search Tool (BLAST).
- Query text or accession numbers against entries NCBI’s Entrez database.
Once a search has been initiated, you can use the Jobs panel to monitor the search, stop an in-progress search, or open search results in the Text and Table views.
Tools available in the Search wizards:
Some or all of the following optional tools may be available in the bottom left corner of the Search wizards:
- To display the help for this topic, press the question mark icon (
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).- To enter an NCBI Access ID, press the Set Access ID (
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) tool. This causes the Access ID dialog to pop up. See Access ID dialog for information.
) tool. This causes the Access ID dialog to pop up. See - To submit an idea for a new feature, press the Suggest a feature (
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) tool.- To view information about your service plan, press the Show Service Plan (
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) tool. For sequence or text search services, the ensuing dialog describes the state of your service plan and any warning or error text messages. The license control has three states: Active, Expiring, and Expired.
) tool. For sequence or text search services, the ensuing dialog describes the state of your service plan and any warning or error text messages. The license control has three states: Active, Expiring, and Expired.
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