BLAST (Bioinformatics)
Introduction
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. BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families.
Availability Table
| System | Versions |
|---|---|
| dusky | 2.2.28+, 2.6.0+ |
| graham | 2.6.0+, 2.7.1+ |
Announcements
o May 5, 2017: Blast 2.6.0+ now available on sharcnet! Vital documentation links maybe found here.
o May 4, 2017: Note that blast is also included in the NCBIC++TOOLKIT meta module:
[roberpj@orc-login1:~] module load ncbic++toolkit/gcc630/18.0.0
gcc/6.3.0 also loaded
[roberpj@orc-login1:~] blastn --version
Nucleotide-Nucleotide BLAST 2.5.1+
Change Log
o May 5, 2017: Installed 2.6.0+ on angel, brown, copper, dusky, goblin, iqaluk, kraken, monk, mosaic, orca, redfin, saw, tembo, vdi-centos6, windeee, wobbie.
o May 10, 2016: Installed 2.2.28+ on copper, mosaic, wobbie and vdi-centos6.
o July 7, 2013: Installed 2.2.28+ on angel, brown, goblin, hound, monk, orca, redfin and saw. Removed 2.2.20 from angel, brown, goblin, hound, monk, orca, redfin and saw.