Accession ids for the given sequence names. It is important to realise
that many DAS sources only use Uniprot accession ids, rather than
Swissprot/Uniprot sequence names.<br>
-<p><strong>The Sequence Identification Process</strong></p>
-The method of Uniprot accession id discovery is the same method which
-earlier Jalview versions used for sequence feature retrieval, and is now
-also used for
-<a href="viewingpdbs.html">PDB ID discovery</a>
-. Essentially, Jalview will try to retrieve Uniprot records via the
-EBI's WSDbFetch interface using each sequence's ID string (or each
-string in the ID separated by the '∣' symbol).
-</p>
-<p>If a uniprot record (or set of records) is found for a sequence,
-then the sequence is aligned to the one in the Uniprot record to
-determine the correct start and end residue positions (which are
-displayed when the 'Show Full Sequence ID' option is set).</p>
-<p>If the alignment reveals differences between the sequence in the
-alignment and the one in the record, then Jalview will assume that the
-aligned sequence is not the one in the uniprot record.</p>
-<p>In some cases, the ID used to retrieve Uniprot records may be out
-of date and a dialog box will be opened indicating that a 100% match
-between the sequence and a Uniprot record was identified, but the
-sequence name is different. In this case, the ID must be manually
-changed (by right clicking on the sequence ID and selecting <strong>Sequence→Edit
-Name</strong>), before Jalview will show its sequence features.
+The <a href="../webservices/dbreffetcher.html">database reference
+fetcher</a> documentation describes how Jalview discovers what database
+references are appropriate for the sequences in the alignment.
<ul>
<li><em>Note</em><br>
Please remember to save your alignment if either the start/end
- numbering, or the sequence IDs were updated during the Uniprot ID
+ numbering, or the sequence IDs were updated during the ID
retrieval process.</li>
</ul>
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+<head>\r
+Database Reference Fetching\r
+</head>\r
+<p>\r
+<p><strong>Discovering Database References for Sequences</strong><br>\r
+Database references are associated with a sequence are displayed as a\r
+list in the tooltip shown when mousing over its sequence ID. Jalview\r
+uses references for the retrieval of <a\r
+ href="../features/viewingpdbs.html">PDB structures</a> and <a\r
+ href="../features/dasfeatures.html">DAS features</a>, and for\r
+retrieving sequence cross-references such as the protein products of a\r
+DNA sequence.</p>\r
+<p>Jalview discovers references for a sequence by generating a set\r
+of ID queries from the ID string of each sequence in the alignment. It\r
+then tries to query all the databases it can access in order to match\r
+the alignment sequence to any records retrieved from the database. If a\r
+match is found, then the sequence is annotated with that database's\r
+reference, and any cross-references that it's records contain.</p>\r
+<p><strong>The Sequence Identification Process</strong><br>\r
+The method of accession id discovery is derived from the method which\r
+earlier Jalview versions used for Uniprot sequence feature retrieval,\r
+and was originally restricted to the identifaction of valid Uniprot\r
+accessions.<br>\r
+Essentially, Jalview will try to retrieve records from all the databases\r
+accessible by the <a href="../features/seqfetch.html">sequence\r
+fetcher</a> using each sequence's ID string (or each string in the ID\r
+separated by the '∣' symbol).</p>\r
+<p>If a record (or set of records) is retrieved by any query derived\r
+from the ID string of a sequence, then the sequence is aligned to the\r
+ones retrieved to determine the correct start and end residue positions\r
+(which are displayed when the 'Show Full Sequence ID' option). This is\r
+important for the correct display of the location of any features\r
+associated with that database.</p>\r
+<p>If the alignment reveals differences between the sequence in the\r
+alignment and the one in the record, then Jalview will assume that the\r
+aligned sequence is not the one in the retrieved record.</p>\r
+<p>In some cases, the ID used to retrieve records may be out\r
+of date and a dialog box will be opened indicating that a 100% match\r
+between the sequence and the record was identified, but the\r
+sequence name is different. In this case, the can be manually\r
+changed (by right clicking on the sequence ID and selecting <strong>Sequence→Edit\r
+Name</strong>).\r
+<ul>\r
+ <li><em>Note</em><br>\r
+ Please remember to save your alignment if either the start/end\r
+ numbering, or the sequence IDs were updated during the ID\r
+ retrieval process.</li>\r
+</ul>\r
+<body></body>\r
+</html>
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