BLAST-P Search

Paste your copied FASTA sequence into the text box under "Enter Query Sequence." Make sure the "Non-redundant protein sequence (nr)" database is selected in the Database drop-down menu under "Chose Search Set.". Click on BLAST. You may see a window indicating your query has been added to the BLAST Queue.

http://abacus.bates.edu/bioinformatics1/screenshots/NCBI-6-BLAST.webp

You might have to wait for several seconds for your results. Remember, your sequence is being compared to thousands of others! Click on NEXT in the tutorial to get a preview of the results page.

http://abacus.bates.edu/bioinformatics1/screenshots/NCBI-7-BLAST-result-1.webp