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  1. Nov 28, 2023 · 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 calculates the statistical significance of matches.

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  2. BlastP simply compares a protein query to a protein database. PSI-BLAST allows the user to build a PSSM (position-specific scoring matrix) using the results of the first BlastP run. PHI-BLAST performs the search but limits alignments to those that match a pattern in the query.

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  4. In bioinformatics, BLAST (basic local alignment search tool) is an algorithm and program for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of proteins or the nucleotides of DNA and/or RNA sequences.

  5. BLAST can rapidly align and compare a query DNA sequence with a database of sequences, which makes it a critical tool in ongoing genomic research.

  6. Aug 3, 2023 · BLAST stands for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. It is a widely used bioinformatics program that was first introduced by Stephen Altschul et al. in 1990 and has since become one of the most popular tools for sequence similarity search.

  7. What is BLAST? 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 calculates the statistical significance of matches.

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