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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2011 Feb 10;6(3):253–269. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2010.176
spectra (full pathname to spectrum file or folder of spectrum files) Specify the full path to a single mzXML/Mascot generic format (MGF) file or the full path to the folder containing mzXML and/or MGF file(s) to be searched
protease (trypsin or other protease used) Specify the protease used to digest the sample (e.g., trypsin; see ‘Input.txt’ in IGAP download for list of supported options)
db (protein sequence database) Specify the name of the protein sequence database in FASTA format
refinedb (refinement protein database) Specify the name of the refinement protein database created as described in Step 25.
organism (sample’s organism type) Specify the sample’s organism (valid options are human, mouse, all)