The SRA Toolkit works with the files in the NCBI SRA and other archives.
Getting the Tools
Getcher toolkit here!
Depending upon the operating system, the toolkit is availbe as either a ready to use programs or the source code to build a fresh version.
File Formats
The SRA Toolkit works on several
file formats. These include the archival formats created for the SRA archive
itself and several externally defined DNA files. In some circumstances encryption and compression file formats are also defined.
Use Cases
To help understand the use of the SRA Toolkit we have put together a set of
common tasks
Tools
An alphabetical
list of the tools included in the SRA toolkit.