SRA Toolkit

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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.