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BLAST programs |
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| Program |
Query sequence type |
Target sequence type |
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| BLASTP |
Protein |
Protein |
Compares an amino acid query sequence against a protein sequence database |
| BLASTN |
Nucleotide |
Nucleotide |
Compares a nucleotide query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database |
| BLASTX |
Nucleotide (translated) |
Protein |
Compares a nucleotide query sequence translated in all reading frames against a protein
sequence database |
| TBLASTN |
Protein |
Nucleotide (translated) |
Compares a protein query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database dynamically
translated in all reading frames |
| TBLASTX |
Nucleotide (translated) |
Nucleotide (translated) |
Compares the six-frame translations of a nucleotide query sequence against the six-frame
translations of a nucleotide sequence database |
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