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Selecting Data SourcesExtracts

BioMart Tools

The BioExtract Server's BioMart interface is based on the MartView interface at biomart.org. Users familiar with MartView will quickly become accustomed to the BioExtract Server interface. The groups listed under the BioMart heading in the BioExtract Server's Available Tools list correspond to BioMart Data Sources while the individual tools correspond to BioMart Datasets.

A workflow in BioExtract involves automating the analysis processes that you perform repeatedly. Any task—or even a series of tasks—that you need to perform on data is a candidate for workflow automation. BioExtract's most unique feature may be its ability to record your tasks as you perform them, and then turn those tasks into a workflow. This means that you create a workflow by simply performing the tasks in your analysis job. It's that easy!

Data sources are located under the Query tab in Available Data Sources on the left side of the page. They are arranged in groups (like Protein Sequence Databases).

BioExtract comes with a set of commonly used analysis tools (like Blast, ClustalW, and tools for phylogeny). Tools are located on the Tools page in the Available Tools list. Tools are arranged in groups (like Alignment Tools and Similarity Search Tools). Browse through the different groups by clicking on the plus and minus signs.

harnesses the power of online informatics tools for creating and customizing workflows. Users can query online sequence data, analyze it using an array of informatics tools (web service and desktop), create and share custom workflows for repeated analysis, and save the resulting data and workflows in standardized reports.