Michel SEIGNEURET wrote:
>> Dear Collegues.
> My question is probably trivial but I am a newcomer to this field and
> I could not find a FAQ on this.
> I currently often do BLAST or FASTA searches of particular protein sequences
> against the SWISSPROT or PIR databases though the WWW. The problem is that the
> internet connection of my lab is slow. I am thus thinking of doing such
> searches locally after downloading the complete database. Could somebody
> suggest me a freely available software that allows one to do a BLAST or FASTA
> alignment search locally ?
> Thank you in advance.
I believe you need the PC-based Windows program AnTheProt. Available
from: http://www.ibcp.fr:80/antheprot.html
At least, I use it and think it is magic.
Phil Sydnay, Australia