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  1. Basic Local Alignment Search Tool - BLAST

    Jul 21, 2025 · The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence …

  2. BLAST (biotechnology) - Wikipedia

    BLAST (biotechnology) ... In bioinformatics, BLAST (basic local alignment search tool) [3] is an algorithm and program for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the …

  3. BLAST: Compare & identify sequences - NCBI Bioinformatics ...

    Oct 25, 2024 · BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families. There are several types of …

  4. Mar 18, 2025 · In other words, BLAST looks at bits of DNA, RNA, or proteins and calculates how similar they are to one another. BLAST offers specialized searches that find, compare …

  5. 2 dead after 'catastrophic' Pennsylvania nursing home blast

    Dec 23, 2025 · Bristol Township Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito confirmed that all residents of the Pennsylvania nursing home were accounted for after the deadly blast.

  6. Nucleotide BLAST: Search nucleotide databases using a ...

    Optimize for Somewhat similar sequences (blastn) Choose a BLAST algorithm Help Search database nt using Blastn (Optimize for somewhat similar sequences) Show results in a new …

  7. BLAST Basics - National Library of Medicine

    Jun 29, 2023 · What does BLAST do? Finds high scoring local alignments between two sequences (protein or DNA) Includes a model of score distributions for random local …