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ncbi-blast: ncbi-blast (BLAST: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool)
ncbi-blast:
ncbi-blast: The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of
ncbi-blast: local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide
ncbi-blast: or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the
ncbi-blast: statistical significance of matches. BLAST can be used to infer
ncbi-blast: functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well
ncbi-blast: as help identify members of gene families.
ncbi-blast:
ncbi-blast: Home: http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
ncbi-blast: