/DBReducer

A universal database reduction method based on the sequence tag strategy to facilitate large-scale database search in proteomics

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DBReducer: A universal database reduction method based on the sequence tag strategy to facilitate large-scale database search in proteomics

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  1. Download the compressed package. Open http://pfind.org/software/DBReducer/index.html#Downloads, and click the download button to download DBReducer.rar compressed package.
  2. Unzip DBReducer.rar (WinRAR is recommended).
  3. Open the DBReducer.cfg file in the \DBReducer\DBReducer\ directory. Then modify the parameters, such as ProteinDatabase, RefinedPath, msmspath1, msmspath2, etc.
  4. Press the win and R at the same time, a window will pop up. Enter cmd in the pop-up window, press Enter, and then you will get a command prompt window.
  5. In the command prompt window, enter cd <file path where DBReducer.exe is located>, for example, cd D:\DBReducer\DBReducer. Remember to make sure both DBReducer.exe and DBReducer.cfg are in this directory.
  6. In the command prompt window, enter DBReducer.exe DBReducer.cfg and press Enter, then DBReducer will run