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BLAST

Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. A program that finds similar sequences in databases by local alignment. Used to identify unknown sequences or find homologs across species.

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BLAST was used to identify the unknown sequence.

Key facts

  • Similarity search; local alignment.
  • Identify sequences, find homologs.

Category: Analysis Methods

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