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Access remote database

Fetch data from remote database

Ugene allows fetching data from remote biological databases such as NCBI GenBank, Protein Databank and some others.

To fetch data select "File->Access remote database..." main menu item.

The dialog will appear:


Create new project dialog

Here you need to enter unique id of the biological object and choose database. Unique identifiers are diffrent for various databases. For example, for NCBI GenBank such unique id could be Accession Number or NCBI GI number.

After you click "Ok" button, UGENE downloads the biological object (DNA sequence, protein sequnece, 3d model) and adds it to the current Project.


Create new project dialog

If something goes wrong check Log, it will help you to diagnose the problem.