| Types of Blast Programs |
| Note:
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If you want the single best answer for each sequence of a
set of sequences, make that set the search library. For
example, if you have ESTs and you want to know the single
best hit for each EST from a library of GSRs, the ESTs are
the search library, and the GSRs will be the query library.
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| BLASTP: |
compares an amino acid query sequence against a protein sequence database |
| BLASTN: |
compares a nucleotide query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database; only compares sequences as provided, does not also compare complemented sequences |
| BLASTX: | compares a nucleotide query sequence translated in all reading frames against a protein sequence database |
| TBLASTN: |
compares a protein query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database dynamically translated in all reading frames |
| TBLASTX: |
compares the six-frame translations of a nucleotide query sequence against the six-frame translations of a nucleotide sequence database. |