Converting BLAST output into CSV
Suppose we wanted to do something with all this BLAST output. Generally, that’s the case - you want to retrieve all matches, or do a reciprocal BLAST, or something. As with most programs that run on UNIX, the text output is in some specific format. If the program is popular enough, there w...Tags: Convert, BLAST, output, CSV, blastn, megablast
2300 days ago
Basic command-line to run BLAST
The goal of this tutorial is to run you through a demonstration of the command line, which you may not have seen or used much before. All of the commands below can copy/pasted. Install software Copy and paste the following commands sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y ...Tags: Basic, command-line, run, BLAST, blastn, blastp
2207 days ago
Tags: NCBI, Magic-BLAST, Documentation, RNA-seq, Mapping, BLAST
2053 days ago
BLAST nr version 5 database, (nr_v5)
NCBI have made changes the nr version 5 database, (nr_v5), to facilitate better search results and improved performance by reducing the number of redundant titles in the nr_v5 database used by webBLAST, which is also available for BLAST+ users. The changes in nr preserve the taxonomic div...Tags: BLAST, NCBI, nr, version, 5, database, nr_v5
1679 days ago
Tags: BLAST+ 2.10.0, release, available, FTP, site, version, offers, improvements, BLAST, blast
1562 days ago
New Layout for BLAST ftp Database Site
As announced previously, the new default database version for BLAST+ is dbV5. To complete this transition, the ftp database site will be updated to support this change. We expect this change to happen around February 4th, please adjust your scripts or procedur...Tags: New, Layout, BLAST, ftp, Database, Site
1528 days ago
Tags: NCBI, Magic, BLAST, Documentation
1469 days ago
Tags: Primer, BLAST, Feature, Alignments !
1431 days ago
BLAST+ 2.11.0 release is now available on FTP site !
BLAST+ 2.11.0 release is now available from our FTP site. The main advance is the ability to provide usage reports to NCBI to help us improve BLAST. This information is limited to the name of the BLAST program, some basic database metadata, a few BLAST parameters, as well the number and total siz...Tags: BLAST, 2.11.0, release, available, FTP, site
1230 days ago
NCBI BLAST have added new columns to the Descriptions
NCBI BLAST have added new columns to the Descriptions Table for web BLAST output. The new columns are Scientific Name, Common Name, Taxid, and Accession Length. Common Name and Accession Length are now part of the default display. You can click 'Select columns' or 'Manage columns' to add or...Tags: NCBI, BLAST, add, columns, Descriptions, Table, web, BLAST, output
1213 days ago