Difference between revisions of "BLAST"
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The currently installed version is 2.2.26 and version 2.6.0. | The currently installed version is 2.2.26 and version 2.6.0. | ||
== Using | == Using BLAST with the HPC Cluster == | ||
If you want to find out more about | If you want to find out more about BLAST on the HPC Cluster, you can use the command | ||
module spider | module spider blast | ||
This will show you basic informations e.g. a short description and the currently installed version. | This will show you basic informations e.g. a short description and the currently installed version. | ||
To load the module, use the command | To load the desired module, use the command, e.g. | ||
module load | module load BLAST/2.6.0-Linux_x86_64 | ||
Always remember: this command is case sensitive! | Always remember: this command is case sensitive! | ||
== 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 08:57, 17 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 and version 2.6.0.
Using BLAST with the HPC Cluster
If you want to find out more about BLAST on the HPC Cluster, you can use the command
module spider blast
This will show you basic informations e.g. a short description and the currently installed version.
To load the desired module, use the command, e.g.
module load BLAST/2.6.0-Linux_x86_64
Always remember: this command is case sensitive!
Documentation
The full documentation can be found here.
