BioExtract Server harnesses the power of online informatics tools to create and customize workflows for querying online sequence data, analyzing it using various tools, and saving results and workflows in standardized reports. Users can build workflows by performing analysis tasks, which are automatically recorded. The BioExtract interface is based on Biomart and provides access to biomart data sources and datasets for analysis using tools integrated into the platform.
1. harnesses the power of online informatics tools for
creating and customizing workflows. Users can query online sequence data, analyze it using
an array of informatics tools (web service and desktop), create and share custom workflows The BioExtract Server's BioMart
for repeated analysis, and save the resulting data and workflows in standardized reports. interface is based on the MartView
interface at biomart.org. Users familiar
with MartView will quickly become
accustomed to the BioExtract Server
interface. The groups listed under the
BioMart heading in the BioExtract
Server's Available Tools list correspond to
BioMart Data Sources while the individual
tools correspond to BioMart Datasets.
Workflow
BioMart Tools
A workflow in BioExtract involves automating the analysis processes that you perform
repeatedly. Any task—or even a series of tasks—that you need to perform on data is a candidate
for workflow automation. BioExtract's most unique feature may be its ability to record your tasks
as you perform them, and then turn those tasks into a workflow. This means that you create a
workflow by simply performing the tasks in your analysis job. It's that easy!
Extracts
Selecting Data Sources
BioExtract comes with a set of commonly used analysis tools (like Blast, ClustalW,
Data sources are located under the Query tab in Available
and tools for phylogeny). Tools are located on the Tools page in the Available Tools list.
Data Sources on the left side of the page. They are arranged in Tools are arranged in groups (like Alignment Tools and Similarity Search Tools). Browse
groups (like Protein Sequence Databases). through the different groups by clicking on the plus and minus signs.