Description
BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) finds regions of similarity between biological sequences.
BLAST includes several specialized search interfaces: SmartBLAST, Primer-BLAST, Global Align, CD-Search, IgBLAST, VecScreen, CDART, Multiple Alignment, MOLE-BLAST, Searches at a Cloud Provider, BLAST+ Docker Image
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAST Homepage and Search | HTML | Blast.cgi | Open resource |
| BLAST API | HTML | Open resource | |
| Download BLAST Data | HTML | Open resource | |
| BLAST Searches at a Cloud Provider | HTML | Resources include: BLAST+ in a Docker image – How to setup and run BLAST+ via Docker. Database information – How to obtain BLAST databases. BLAST+ user manual - How to run stand-alone BLAST searches. BLAST+ cloud guide - Tutorial with Jupyter Notebooks and Command Line. BLAST+ with Jupyter Notebooks - Designing Educational Experiences. ElasticBLAST - Cloud-based tool to run BLAST searches for large number of queries. | Open resource |
| Global Align | HTML | Compare two sequences across their entire span (Needleman-Wunsch) | Open resource |
| Download BLAST Data | HTML | downloadblastdata.html | Open resource |
| MOLE-BLAST | HTML | Establish taxonomy for uncultured or environmental sequences | Open resource |
| SmartBLAST | HTML | Find proteins highly similar to your query | Open resource |
| BLAST+ Docker Image | HTML | This repository contains documentation for the NCBI BLAST+ command line applications in a Docker image. We will demonstrate how to use the Docker image to run BLAST analysis on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) using a small basic example and a more advanced production-level example. Some basic knowledge of Unix/Linux commands and BLAST+ is useful in completing this tutorial. | Open resource |
| IgBLAST | HTML | Search immunoglobulins and T cell receptor sequences | Open resource |
| CD-search | HTML | Find conserved domains in your sequence | Open resource |
| CDART | HTML | Find sequences with similar conserved domain architecture | Open resource |
| Multiple Alignment | HTML | Align sequences using domain and protein constraints | Open resource |
| Primer-BLAST | HTML | Design primers specific to your PCR template | Open resource |
| VecScreen | HTML | Search sequences for vector contamination | Open resource |