The ImitateDB web interface
The web interface for the ImitateDB database provides a user-friendly access to the data and allows the user to search for information about DLPs and MLPs using multiple search options. The web interface has a home page delineating the basic concept a radio button to choose between DLPs and MLPs. After this selection, the interface provides the next radio button to choose among the different categories of pathogens, namely: Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, Others. In each category, the database can be searched by Organism, Pathogen Protein ID, Host Protein ID, Interaction Detection method, Host interactor protein ID, Matched Domain PSSM ID, Domain Short name, Matched Motif ID, Motif Name or pattern. For easier searching, selection of the category and subcategory leads to the population of a drop-down menu with available options. Additionally, the user can enter a keyword to retrieve the required data. After this selection, the user needs to enter the captcha correctly to fetch the results.
An expanded view of the search panel in the database is shown in Figure 6a. The results are displayed in the form of a table that can be downloaded. The download feature for bulk files has been restricted due to download constraints. Queries yielding results between 10,000 - 1,00,000 records, the user is provided with the results by email using an in-built mailer (as shown in Figure 6b), that pops up after clicking the download button.