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BLAST
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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
BLAST finds regions of local similarity between nucleotide or protein sequences. BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families.
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Category: Life Sciences
Sub Category: Sequence Analysis
Publisher: Jan Fassler, Carolina Nadel, et al, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Date Published: March, 2007
Version: 2.0
Pricing: Free
Runtime: $1/CPU-hr.
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Key Features
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- Detects local as well as global alignments in nucleotide or protein sequences
- Detects regions of sequence similarity embedded in otherwise unrelated proteins
- Enables the comparison of structure and function
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Description |
BLAST compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. |
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Jan Fassler, Carolina Nadel, et al National Center for Biotechnology Information |
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