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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Globally_installed_software | Globally installed software]] | |||
* [[ABGC_modules | ABGC specific modules]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi Blast homepage] | * [http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi Blast homepage] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAST Blast on Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAST Blast on Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 21 December 2013
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. A BLAST search enables a researcher to compare a query sequence with a library or database of sequences, and identify library sequences that resemble the query sequence above a certain threshold. Different types of BLASTs are available according to the query sequences. For example, following the discovery of a previously unknown gene in the mouse, a scientist will typically perform a BLAST search of the human genome to see if humans carry a similar gene; BLAST will identify sequences in the human genome that resemble the mouse gene based on similarity of sequence.
Module file
The module file can be found in this location:
/cm/shared/apps/WUR/ABGC/modulefiles
#%Module1.0#######################################################################
## BLAST+ 2.2.28 modulefile
##
proc ModulesHelp { } {
puts stderr "\tAdds blast+ v2.2.28 to your environment"
}
module-whatis "Adds blast+ v2.2.28 to your environment"
set blastplus_2228_root /cm/shared/apps/WUR/ABGC/blast/ncbi-blast-2.2.28+/bin/
prepend-path PATH $blastplus_2228_root