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ICAT-LC/MS DB

You can search by selecting:

field names

operators

wildcards

Using wildcards you can search for any string(s) within a field.

Example:

Search for protein names containing the word "kinase" or "kinuse" or "kinose" anywhere in the field " protein_name" means:

select search field: protein_name

select operator: contains

select first wildcard: %

select search expression: kin

select second wildcard: %.

Boolean combinations (AND /OR) are also possible.
Following operators can be used: =, >, <
You can search for values within a range and fulfilling Boolean condition:

Example:


Precursor_Mass < 3605.0
AND
Precursor_Mass > 3600.0

AND

Mass_Error < 1.3
AND
Mass_Error > -0.6


AND

Xcorr > 1.7
AND
Xcorr < 1.8