Database Searching

There are several UNIX and other software programs that can do Database Searching. There are basically two types of searching

1. Searching for similar sequences (fasta, blast)

2. Searching the seqeunce annotations or literature for specific information

UNIX

• GCG's Database Search
• PowerBlast

Macintosh

• Blast
• SeqPup, SeqApp

PC

Internet

• NCBI Web Site
• Decypher Server