Introduction
IGB tabbed panels provide an easy-to-use way access to multiple functions. Each tab contains information and/or functions involving loading data, exploring data, working with graphs, etc.
By clicking a tab, you can quickly review and explore available options and features without having to operate menus for every function. The ability to open and hide these tabs at will also lets you optimize your use of available screen space.
The Tabs Overview
Data Access Tab
This tab provides an easy-to-use interface for loading data sets from diverse servers in the Available Data sub-panel. The Data Management Table shows data sets that have been accessed, allowing you to load, hide or make basic style changes. This table also dynamically reflects the colors and track order within the Main View. For more information, see Loading Data.
Selection Info Tab
This tab lists information about annotations/gene models/gene elements/ features that are selected in the display. This panel can also show meta-data about a selected track, i.e. the information about what server this data came from, a description of what it contains, and URLs for feature and servers. A summary of this same information can be seen using the tool tips (hover the mouse over the annotation of interest). However information in the Selection Info panel can be copied for use in other programs.
Advanced Search Tab
Use this tab to search for genes, alignments and sequences. Chose IDs or Names, Keyword or Residues. In the bottom left of the Advanced Search panel, you will see the number of local and remote matches.
Sliced View Tab
This tab displays an alternative view of items selected in the main display. By making all of the introns an identical size of your choice (set in the Slice Buffer box), you can see all of the exons at relative sizes to each other. This tab also allows ORF identification.
Annotation Tab NEW!
This tab provides an easy way to manage the appearance of annotation and short read tracks. You can change the style, the size of the track, the amount of data represented in the track, 'strandedness' and labels within the track. You can also easily access the various functions such as A not B, Intersection, Union, etc.
Graph Tab
The Graph tab has many features to help work with graph files, including the ability to change the style of the graphs. It also has many useful functions including combining graphs, mathematical transformations etc. For more details, see Working with graphs. This tab will also host new graph functions introduced through Plug-ins. For more details, see Plug-ins.
External View Tab
The External View tab allows you to bring up all the data about a region that you are viewing from the UCSC server or ENSEMBL. You can NOT interact with this view, but you can get interesting details about a gene/region. The information can include mapped ESTs, SNPs, cross species comparisons, repeated sequence data, as well as basic gene annotations. As a caution, the larger the region in the inquiry, the slower it will be to load the information. Every time you move to a new area, you will need to click the update button.
Plug-ins Tab
This tab allows you to manage your Plug-ins. You can browse plug-in repositories, add plug-ins that are useful or remove out-dated ones. For more details, see Plug-Ins.
Current Genome Tab
The Current Genome allows you to set species and genome version, and navigate through the chromosomes or contigs. The list of sequences can be sorted by sequence name or by size; click the label for the appropriate column to change the sorting.
Restriction Sites Tab
This tab allows you to map restriction sites to your sequence. Select the enzyme(s) of interest from the list, click the Map Sites button, and bars of matching color will show where each restriction site occurs within the sequence. You can click-zoom to a particular hash mark to see the sequence in question. The Clear button will allow you to start over with different enzymes if you chose.
Bookmarks Tab
This tab allows you to manage and list all of the IGB bookmarks you have. For more details about Bookmarks, see Bookmarks.