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BLAST+: architecture and applications

BMC Bioinformatics · 2009 · Vol. 10(1) · pp. 421–421
Christiam CamachoGeorge CoulourisVahram AvagyanNing MaJason S. PapadopoulosKevin BealerThomas Madden

Abstract

The new BLAST command-line applications, compared to the current BLAST tools, demonstrate substantial speed improvements for long queries as well as chromosome length database sequences. We have also improved the user interface of the command-line applications.

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesAlgorithms and Data CompressionGene expression and cancer classificationComputer scienceInterface (matter)HeuristicsSoftwareDatabaseSet (abstract data type)Task (project management)Sequence (biology)Modular designInformation retrieval

MeSH terms

SoftwareSequence AlignmentComputational BiologyDatabases, Genetic

Funding

  • National Institutes of Health
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Basic local alignment search tool
Journal of Molecular Biology · 1990 · 93,570 citations
<tt>BLAT</tt>—The <tt>BLAST</tt>-Like Alignment Tool
Genome Research · 2002 · 8,404 citations
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