Find protein and DNA sequences
Being able to find a protein or DNA sequence online, and then track down associated information, is a key skill for a bioscientist.
You might want to find a sequence because you:
- have an essay to write on a particular protein and need to find related sequences
- are working in a lab and have sequenced a piece of DNA and need to see if it has been sequenced before
- need to find additional information on protein/DNA sequence so you can plan your experiments
- need to find other sequences that contain comparable regions
plus many more...
In this section, we will learn how to run
BLAST
searches to find the information you need. You will learn how to:
- run a BLAST search for a protein sequence
- run a BLAST search for a DNA sequence
- search a DNA database with a protein
- cross-back from BLAST search results to PubMed and OMIM