<![CDATA[BOL: NCBIBLAST+ 2.14.1 now available]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/44370/ncbiblast-2141-now-available? https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/44370/ncbiblast-2141-now-available Wed, 30 Aug 2023 02:36:13 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/44370/ncbiblast-2141-now-available <![CDATA[NCBIBLAST+ 2.14.1 now available]]> #NCBIBLAST+ 2.14.1 now available with improved documentation, faster and more reliable database downloads, and some bug fixes. 

Check out the changes they made.

They added the cleanup-blastdb-volumes.py script to remove unused BLAST database volumes. Read the documentation here.

They also switched the protocol from ftp to https to access BLAST databases for increased performance and reliability when downloading data from the NCBI with the update_blastdb.pl script.

And fixed a few bugs related to downloading data from the NCBI, and mt_mode crashing blastn and blastx.

Check out the release notes.

Download BLAST+ 2.14.1

Questions or comments? Please write the BLAST help desk.

More info and download: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/doc/blast-news/2023-BLAST-News.html

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