Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Can anyone help me understanding what BLAST does and how to get it. Do you just use it online or do you download it. So far i can only find it on line. Has anyone used it or know about it?

Thanks,

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Hi there,

Here are a couple of links to introduce you to the BLAST tool. You can use it online. There are a variety of searches you can perform using BLAST depending on what you trying to do.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Education/B ... orial.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Education/B ... tion3.html

Have a look at the tutorial (link above) and let us know if you have any questions. Also, if you could give us a few more details about your project maybe we could make some further suggestions with regards to which BLAST tools will be most helpful for you.

Hope this helps.

Mary

I was looking at this type of project: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... ?from=Home

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