<p>
To open the PDB Sequence Fetcher, select PDB as the database from
any <a href="seqfetch.html">Sequence Fetcher</a> dialog (opened <em>via</em>
- <strong>"File →Fetch Sequences"</strong>).
+ <strong>"File →Fetch Sequences"</strong>).
</p>
<img src="pdbseqfetcher.png" align="left"
alt="PDB sequence fetcher (introduced in Jalview 2.9)" />
<p>
<strong>Searching the PDB Database</strong>
</p>
+ <p>To search the PDB, begin typing in the text box. If the
+ 'autosearch' checkbox is enabled, then the results of your query
+ will be automatically updated and shown in the search results tab;
+ otherwise, press return to update the results. To access previous
+ searches, press the down-arrow or click the drop down menu icon at
+ the side of the search box. If you just want to paste in a list of
+ IDs, the 'Retrieve IDs' tab provides a batch-retrieval interface.</p>
<p>
- To search the PDB, begin typing in the text box. The results of your
- query are shown in the search results tab, which updates every time
- you type in the search text box. You can sort results according to
- the displayed columns, and select entries with the mouse and
- keyboard. Once you have selected one or more entries, hit the <strong>OK</strong>
- button to retrieve and view them in Jalview.
+ You can sort results according to the displayed columns, and select
+ entries with the mouse and keyboard. Once you have selected one or
+ more entries, hit the <strong>OK</strong> button to retrieve and
+ view them in Jalview.
</p>
<p>
<ul>
1xyz:A</li>
<li><strong>Bulk PDB retrieval</strong><br>Multiple PDB
- IDs can be specified by separating them with a semi-colon.<br />
- e.g. 1xyz;2xyz;3xyz<br />Hitting Return or OK will automatically
- fetch those IDs, like the default Sequence Fetcher interface.</li>
+ IDs can be specified for retrieval via the
+ <strong>Retrieve IDs</strong> tab.</li>
<li><strong>Wild card searching</strong><br>The following
wild cards are supported by the EMBL-EBI PDBe query service: