Software:blast

Blast

BLAST is one of the most widely used bioinformatics programs for sequence searching. It addresses a fundamental problem needed in bioinformatics research. The heuristic algorithm it uses is much faster than other approaches, such as calculating an optimal alignment. This emphasis on speed is vital to making the algorithm practical on the huge genome databases currently available, although subsequent algorithms can be even faster.

• Version: 2.2.30 (NCBI)
• Location: /opt/blast
• Related link: Blast Home Page at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Instructional Videos: Yes, it's on YouTube
• Documentation: Blast Documentation covering software and databases

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