Blast on Docker, Google Cloud, Amazon Cloud

LEGE — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 02:57:11 -0500

As announced in a previous post, we offer a Docker version of NCBI BLAST+ that you can use locally or on the Google Cloud where we have pre-loaded BLAST databases. We are happy to announce that the same functionality is now available on the Amazon Cloud. In addition, we now offer 23 different BLAST databases on each cloud platform.

As mentioned before, working with BLAST+ in Docker and the cloud has several advantages:

Docker manages installation and maintenance of the BLAST programs and databases.
Docker makes it is easier to integrate BLAST with other tools in your pipelines.
NCBI BLAST databases are pre-loaded now on the both the Google Cloud and Amazon Cloud, providing fast access.

You can also use the BLAST+ Docker image on any Docker-enabled platform, such as another cloud platform or on your local computer.

See the BLAST+ in the Cloud and database information documentation to get started.

If you have any questions, please email us at blast-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Source:Dave Arndt

New Release of RefSeq !

Abhi — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:09:21 -0500

Check out RefSeq release 225, now available online and from the FTP site. You can access RefSeq data through NCBI Datasets.

What’s included in this release?

As of July 8, 2024, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing:

448,507,905 records
334,845,613 proteins
63,542,774 RNAs
Sequences from 152,668 organisms

The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings.

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