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.