NCBI BLAST
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Molecular Biology
FreeBeginnerUpdated May 29, 2024
NCBI BLAST is one of the most fundamental tools in bioinformatics. It compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches. It can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families.
PlatformWeb-based
SkillsUnderstanding of DNA/Protein Sequences
TechniquesSequence Alignment, Homology Search, Database Query
Tags
BLAST
Sequence Similarity
Homology
Database Search
NCBI