BLAST

Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.

To find out more, visit the blast website.

Running BLAST

Module	Version
BLAST+	2.8.1-foss-2018b 2.8.1-intel-2018b 2.9.0-gompi-2019a 2.9.0-gompi-2019b 2.9.0-iimpi-2019a 2.9.0-iimpi-2019b 2.10.1-gompi-2020a 2.10.1-iimpi-2020a 2.11.0-gompi-2020b 2.11.0-gompi-2021a 2.12.0-gompi-2021b

To see available versions when logged into Saga, write

module spider BLAST+

To use BLAST+ type

module load BLAST+/<version>

License Information

The NCBI BLAST+ software suite is available freely under the public domain.

It is the user’s responsibility to make sure they adhere to the license agreements.

Citation

When publishing results obtained with the software referred to, please do check the developers web page in order to find the correct citation(s).