From: Armen Nalian (nalianarmen_at_sfasu.edu)
Date: Fri May 18 2007 - 12:29:41 CDT

Sequences are in fasta format.  I usually run formatdb -i mysequences.fasta  -p T  -n myDB.
I was wondering what additional parameters are required for blast in multiseq. In multiseq blast against uniprot_sprot works fine, but when I select myDB, blast fails.
Thank you,
Armen

John Eargle wrote:
It depends on how your sequence data is formatted.  Help with formatdb is available here: http://web.csb.ias.edu/blast/formatdb.txt

~John Eargle

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:48:01 -0500
From: Armen Nalian <nalianarmen@sfasu.edu>  
Subject: vmd-l: custom db in Multiseq  
To: vmd-l@ks.uiuc.edu

Hello,
I would like to use a custom database for blast search in Multiseq. How 
can I format a sequence file? What arguments are required for formatdb?
Thank you,
Armen

    

  

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