BLAST


BLAST Search

Search for one or more of your sequences (using BLAST). First pick a query type (nucleotide or protein). You will be able to set search parameters on the next page. Choose the appropriate program based on the Query type and Target database type. Please click on the program name to view the search form. Video Tutorial

Query Type Database Type BLAST Program
Nucleotide Nucleotide blastn: Search a nucleotide database using a nucleotide query.
Protein blastx: Search protein database using a translated nucleotide query.
Protein Nucleotide tblastn: Search translated nucleotide database using a protein query.
Protein blastp: Search protein database using a protein query.
BLAST References
1. Altschul,S.F., Gish,W., Miller,W., Myers,E.W. and Lipman,D.J. (1990) Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol., 215, 403–410.
2. Camacho,C., Coulouris,G., Avagyan,V., Ma,N., Papadopoulos,J., Bealer,K., and Madden T.L. (2009) BLAST+: architecture and applications. BMC Bioinformatics, 10:421, doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-421.