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BLAST : Basic local alignment search tool

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BLAST Similarity Searching

BLAST Similarity Searching. Spring 2008 Clark University. BLAST. BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) allows rapid sequence comparison of a query sequence against a database. The BLAST algorithm is fast , accurate , and web-accessible . Why use BLAST?.

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Sequencing & Sequence Alignment

Sequencing & Sequence Alignment. Objectives. Understand how DNA sequence data is collected and prepared Be aware of the importance of sequence searching and sequence alignment in biology and medicine

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Space/Time Tradeoff and Heuristic Approaches in Pairwise Alignment

Space/Time Tradeoff and Heuristic Approaches in Pairwise Alignment. Alignment and Resources. Given two sequences of length ~1,000 requires a table of size ~1,000,000 cells Can we use less space if only wanted the alignment score Hint: The construction was carried out one row at a time .

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