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Introduction to similarity searching<br />

Nucleic acid sequence search example<br />

Search Question: Find sequences with similarity to Mus musculus neuregulin 4 (Nrg4)<br />

CDS sequence (NCBI: NM_032002):<br />

Page 26 | GENESEQ on STN (DGENE) Workshop Manual<br />

ATGCCAACAGATCACGAGCAGCCCTGTGGTCCCAGGCACAGGTCATTTTG<br />

CCTCAATGGGGGGATTTGTTATGTGATCCCTACTATCCCCAGCCCATTCT<br />

GTAGGTGCATTGAAAATTACACCGGAGCACGCTGCGAAGAGGTTTTTCTC<br />

CCAAGCTCCAGCATCCCAAGCGAAAGTAATCTGTCGGCAGCTTTCGTGGT<br />

GCTGGCGGTCCTCCTCACTCTTACCATCGCGGCGCTCTGCTTCCTGTGCA<br />

GGAAGGGCCACCTTCAGAGGGCCAGTTCAGTCCAGTGTGAGATCAGCCTG<br />

GTAGAGACAAACAATACCAGAACCCGTCACAGCCACAGAGAACACTGA<br />

Search Strategy<br />

To conduct a similarity search for sequences using BLAST…<br />

Step 1 Prepare the sequence query offline<br />

Step 2 Upload the sequence using STN Express<br />

Step 3 Conduct a BLAST search and keep all answers<br />

Step 4 Sort the answers by descending similarity score<br />

Step 5 Review using a free-of-charge format with alignment<br />

Step 6 Display selected answers in a bibliographic format

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