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BLAST

BLAST. Introduction to Bioinformatics Anthony Nguyen. BLAST - why?. Sequence alignments provide a powerful way to compare novel sequences with previously characterized genes. Both functional and evolutionary information can be inferred from well designed queries and alignments. BLAST - what?.

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BLAST

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  1. BLAST Introduction to BioinformaticsAnthony Nguyen

  2. BLAST - why? • Sequence alignments provide a powerful way to compare novel sequences with previously characterized genes. • Both functional and evolutionary information can be inferred from well designed queries and alignments.

  3. BLAST - what? • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool • BLAST provides a method for rapid searching of nucleotide and protein databases.

  4. BLAST - how? • The BLAST algorithm detects local as well as global alignments and regions of similarity embedded in otherwise unrelated proteins can be detected. • Both types of similarity may provide important clues to the function of uncharacterized proteins.

  5. BLAST - advantages • The BLAST algorithm was written balancing speed and increased sensitivity for distant sequence relationships. • BLAST emphasizes regions of local alignment to detect relationships among sequences which share only isolated regions of similarity.

  6. BLAST - programs • blastp • Compares an amino acid query sequence against a protein sequence database.

  7. BLAST - programs • blastn • Compares a nucleotide query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database.

  8. BLAST - programs • blastx • Compares a nucleotide query sequence translated in all reading frames against a protein sequence database. • This option may be used to find potential translation products of an unknown nucleotide sequence.

  9. BLAST - programs • tblastnCompares a protein query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database dynamically translated in all reading frames.

  10. BLAST - programs • tblastxCompares the six-frame translations of a nucleotide query sequence against the six-frame translations of a nucleotide sequence database.

  11. BLAST - objectives • How long is the target sequence? • What is the most likely identity of the sequence? • What is the source organism, where the sequence is found? • Is the sequence is expressed?

  12. BLAST - query • Getting started… • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ • Unknown Sequence TCGAAATAACGCGTGTTCTCAACGCGGTCGCGCAGATGCCTTTGCTCATC AGATGCGACCGCAACCACGTCCGCCGCCTTGTTCGCCGTCCCCGTGCCTC AACCACCACCACGGTGTCGTCTTCCCCGAACGCGTCCCGGTCAGCCAGCC TCCACGCGCCGCGCGCGCGGAGTGCCCATTCGGGCCGCAGCTGCGACGGT GCCGCTCAGATTCTGTGTGGCAGGCGCGTGTTGGAGTCTAAA

  13. References • http://www.geospiza.com/outreach/BLAST/ • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Education/BLASTinfo/information3.html

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