BlastStation-FSA Help

Welcome

Introduction to BlastStation-FSA

　FASTA data input

　Job submission

　How to read results

Instructions in detail

　Download database

　Create database

　Remove database

　Search parameters settings

　Navigation in result window

　Preference settings

　Data directory

Menu Reference

　BlastStation-FSA menu

　File menu

　Edit menu

　Job menu

　Tools menu

　Help menu

Download database

Before performing local BLAST search, you have to download database files from the NCBI ftp server or create database files from FASTA data.

Downloading database files from NCBI ftp server is simple.  Just follow the procedures shown below.

On the Tools menu, click Download DB.  The DB Download window opens.  DB Type column indicates that the database file is in DNA or Protein database format.  For example env_nr.tar.gz is used for blastp and env_nt.tar.gz is used for blastn.

Click database file to highlight and then click "Download" button to download it.  If you want to cancel download, click "Cancel" button during downloading.

When download is finished, database file will be automatically extracted and converted into FSA-BLAST format.  Then they will be placed in the database directory and ready to use.