Having a BLAST with bioinformatics (and avoiding BLAST phemy)

A. Pertsemlidis; J. W. Fondon

Having a BLAST with bioinformatics (and avoiding BLAST phemy)

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Abstract

Searching for similarities between biological sequences is the principal means by which bioinformatics contributes to our understanding of biology. Of the various informatics tools developed to accomplish this task, the most widely used is BLAST, the basic local alignment search tool. This article discusses the principles, workings, applications and potential pitfalls of BLAST, focusing on the implementation developed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	2002
Pages (from-to)	2002.1-2002.10
Journal	Genome biology
Volume	2
Issue number	10
State	Published - Nov 12 2001
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Cell Biology

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Having a BLAST with bioinformatics (and avoiding BLAST phemy)

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