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the browser window containing a menu of protein-based tools, <strong>and</strong> a list of<br />

previously imported protein sequences (Vide Fig. 2.).<br />

Figure 3: Querying <strong>Databases</strong><br />

The user may access existing databases by selecting the "SRS Multiple Database<br />

Search" menu item. A page containing the menu of databases pertinent to the current<br />

tool-set (Protein or Nucleic Acids) is displayed (Vide Fig. 3). The user may then<br />

construct a database query for any pertinent object or combination of objects, submit<br />

the query to the server, <strong>and</strong> the resulting page returned to the browser will contain the<br />

results of the query. The user may then import a selected set of sequences from the<br />

search results to the Workbench for further analysis. For instance, the user may<br />

choose a subset of previously imported "enolase"protein sequences from a particular<br />

species <strong>and</strong> invoke the program CLUSTALW to generate a multiple sequence<br />

alignment. Invoking the program with a click, displays a web page containing the<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard program parameters which can be altered by the user. The sequences are<br />

then submitted for computation using the selected parameters. As soon as the<br />

alignment computation is complete, the results are displayed in the browser window.<br />

In this instance, a set of aligned enolase sequences along with a phylogenetic tree<br />

would be presented. The aligned sequence set can then be imported back into the<br />

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