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In bioinformatics, '''BLAST''' ('''B'''asic '''L'''ocal '''A'''lignment '''S'''earch '''T'''ool) is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. A BLAST search enables a researcher to compare a query sequence with a library or database of sequences, and identify library sequences that resemble the query sequence above a certain threshold. | In bioinformatics, '''BLAST''' ('''B'''asic '''L'''ocal '''A'''lignment '''S'''earch '''T'''ool) is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. A BLAST search enables a researcher to compare a query sequence with a library or database of sequences, and identify library sequences that resemble the query sequence above a certain threshold. | ||
== Installed version == | |||
The currently installed version is 2.2.26. | |||
== Documentation == | == Documentation == | ||
The full documentation can be found [http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ here]. | The full documentation can be found [http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ here]. | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 3 January 2017
Introduction
In bioinformatics, BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. A BLAST search enables a researcher to compare a query sequence with a library or database of sequences, and identify library sequences that resemble the query sequence above a certain threshold.
Installed version
The currently installed version is 2.2.26.
Documentation
The full documentation can be found here.
