un-blastDB

[Sven Klages]

Hi Jeroen,

a normal blastdb file consists of 4 files:

x		# <== !!
x.nhr
x.nin
x.nsq

So if you created this database with the command formatdb -i x -p F, 'x'
is the multifasta file _and_ the database name to search against.

This means, in your case 'x' is the multifasta file your looking for.
There's no need to extract this file ...

Hope this helps

with best regards

Sven Klages


Jeroen Raes schrieb:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> does anybody know of a method to extract the original multifasta file from
> blastdb files which were created with the formatdb command?
> (x.log,x.nhr,x.nin,x.nsq)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeroen
> 
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> 
> Jeroen Raes
> Research group of Bioinformatics
> Department of Plant Genetics   Tel:32.9.264 87 20   Fax:32.9.264 50 08
> University of Ghent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 GENT, Belgium
> Laboratoire Associe de l'INRA
> Vlaams interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB)
> jerae at gengenp.rug.ac.be         http://www.plantgenetics.rug.ac.be


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