COBALT improvements
A COBALT multiple sequence alignment can now be downloaded to a local file. The following popular formats, used by alignment viewers as well as sequence and phylogeny analysis tools, are supported:...
View ArticleBLAST 2.2.23 release
A new version of the stand-alone applications is available. Users are encouraged to use the BLAST+ applications available at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/LATEST/ This release...
View ArticleBLAST 2.2.24 release
A new version of the stand-alone applications is available. Users are encouraged to use the BLAST+ applications available at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/LATEST/ This release...
View Articlemakeblastdb update available
A patched version of the BLAST+ application that produces databases (makeblastdb) is available. The new version fixes a bad performance problem. The makeblastdb application distributed with the BLAST+...
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New WGS BLAST page
A new WGS BLAST page allows selection of search sets by organism.... The main menu on the new page lists search sets by genus, or by species if only one species in a genus is available. A sub-menu...
View ArticleNew SNP BLAST page
The dbSNP BLAST page has been updated. The page is now available with a new user interface. It is consistent with other NCBI BLAST Web Pages and more intuitive with easier access to many different...
View ArticleBLAST 2.2.25 release
A new version of the stand-alone applications is available. Users are encouraged to use the BLAST+ applications available at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/LATEST/ This release...
View ArticleTranscriptome Shotgun Assembly database
A Transcriptome Shotgun Assembly (TSA) BLAST database is now available. The sequences were initially included in nt but now have been segregated into a separate database. The TSA database is...
View ArticleGenomic BLAST page update
The Genomic BLAST pages now use the standard BLAST search form. This form makes many more BLAST options available (under "Algorithm parameters" at the bottom of the page), only shows the databases...
View ArticleSOAP BLAST
A SOAP based BLAST service is available. This service makes use of the Simple Object Access Protocol to submit and retrieve searches with the NCBI BLAST web server. The service can also query the...
View ArticleBLAST database list
There have been some minor changes to the BLAST database list. 1.) The WGS database on the nucleotide blast, tblastn and tblastx pages now allows taxonomic limits with an auto-complete menu (start...
View ArticleBLAST+ remote searches.
The BLAST+ applications can perform remote searches.The BLAST+ applications can not only run searches on local machines, but also perform searches on the NCBI servers. Sending searches to the NCBI...
View ArticleBLAST 2.2.26+ release.
A new version of the stand-alone applications is available.BLAST+ applications may be downloaded here. Instructions on the installation of BLAST+ applications are available here. The BLAST+ 2.2.26...
View ArticleDELTA-BLAST
DELTA-BLAST performs more sensitive protein-protein searches. Since 1997, the BLAST web site has offered searches with a “Position Specific Scoring Matrix” (PSSM) through the PSI-BLAST program. This...
View ArticleMicrobial BLAST
A new microbial BLAST page is available. The microbial BLAST page has been redesigned for ease of use and better integration with other BLAST pages. The page now allows selection of taxonomic...
View ArticlePrimer-BLAST article in BMC Bioinformatics
A new article, "Primer-BLAST: A tool to design target-specific primers for polymerase chain reaction", is now available. The article is available through http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708584 and...
View ArticleOLD_BLAST URL to be discontinued. Alternative NCBI BLAST parsable formats are...
NCBI BLAST supports a number of different parsable formats. These include XML, tabular reports and ASN.1. For information on parsable formats, please see...
View ArticleImproved BLASTX statistics
BLASTX now uses composition based statistics (CBS). BLASTX searches translate a nucleotide query and compare it to a protein database. BLASTX searches with CBS produce more reliable results. The...
View ArticleBLAST 2.2.27+ released
A new version of the stand-alone BLAST applications has been released. BLAST+ applications may be downloaded here. Installation instructions can be found here. The BLAST 2.2.27+ release contains...
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New BLAST report
Try the new report. It loads faster, has new download options, graphics & customizable description table. Use the link in the upper right corner of a BLAST report (View these results in the...
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