
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool - BLAST
Jul 21, 2025 · The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and …
Nucleotide BLAST: Search nucleotide databases using a nucleotide query
Standard Nucleotide BLAST BLASTN programs search nucleotide databases using a nucleotide query. more...
Overview — ElasticBLAST 1.5.0 documentation
Mar 17, 2025 · The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and …
BLAST Glossary - BLAST® Help - NCBI Bookshelf
Jul 14, 2011 · A statistical parameter used in calculating BLAST scores that can be thought of as a natural scale for search space size. The value K is used in converting a raw score (S) to a bit score (S').
BLAST QuickStart - Comparative Genomics - NCBI Bookshelf
The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between protein or nucleotide sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence in a …
Frequently Asked Questions — BLASTHelp documentation
The BLAST programs are command line programs that run BLAST searches against local, downloaded copies of the NCBI BLAST databases, or against custom databases formatted for BLAST.
BLAST Help Manual Overview - BLAST® Help - NCBI Bookshelf
Jan 28, 2011 · The NCBI supports a BLAST web page at blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov as well as a network service. The NCBI also distributes stand-alone BLAST applications for users who wish to run BLAST …
Welcome to BLAST Help — BLASTHelp documentation
Welcome to BLAST Help ¶ Getting started ¶ Web BLAST quick start guide New BLAST databases New Guide to BLAST home and search pages Blast report description Blast topics Frequently Asked …
Query Input and database selection - BLAST
BLAST accepts a number of different types of input and automatically determines the format or the input. To allow this feature there are certain conventions required with regard to the input of identifiers …
This blast page allows you to blast a given set of sequences to find matches to those sequences/genes represented by entries in the GEO database. Matching hits will have "E" gif icons links to …