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• FASTA Format
• A description of the FASTA format is
located on the Basic BLAST search
pages.
1. Open your FASTA formatted sequence in a text editor as
plain text.
2. Use your mouse to highlight the entire sequence.
3. Select Edit/Copy from the menu in your text editor.
4. Go to the BLAST search page in your web browser.
5. Use your mouse to select the main input field titled
"Enter your input data here", by clicking it once.
6. Select Edit/Paste from the browser's menu.
7. You should now see your FASTA sequence in this field.
8. Set the pull down menu to "Sequence in FASTA format".
Figure 3. Example of a FASTA sequence in the input
field.
Accession or GI number
• If you know the Accession number or the GI of a
sequence in GenBank, you can use this as the
query sequence in a BLAST search.