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How to: Find bioassays that test a particular disease or protein target

Starting with...

AN ACESSION OR FASTA SEQUENCE FOR THE PROTEIN TARGET

  1. Go to the PubChem Bioassay BLAST page.
  2. Enter the accession or FASTA sequence in the query input box at the top of the page.
  3. Click the BLAST button.
  4. When the search is done, scroll down to the Descriptions section and click the green assay icon next to the desired sequence.

A PROTEIN NAME FOR THE TARGET

  1. Search for the protein name/accesion in Protein.
  2. In the Links menu in the upper right, choose Bioassay by target.

A DISEASE NAME

  1. Go the to OMIM Home Page.
  2. In the search box, enter the name of the disease followed by AND omim pcassay[filter] (E.g. tuberculosis AND omim pcassay[filter]).
  3. Click the "Links" menu to the right of the desired record and select "PubChem Bioassay".

AN OMIM NUMBER FOR THE DISEASE

  1. Search for the OMIM number in OMIM Home Page.
  2. Continue with step 3 under "a disease name" above.