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Open Access BLAST

Description

The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between biological or genomic sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches.

Dates Covered

Not appropriate.

Print Counterpart

No print counterpart.

Related Databases

· BIOSIS Previews
· MEDLINE
· PubMed
· SciFinder Scholar
· Web of Science

Access Notes

This database is freely available to the general public via the Internet.

Contact

Fred Stoss