Jul 21, 2025 · The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence …

3 days ago · The catastrophe at a Tennessee explosives plant started in a building that made devices used for mining and detonated more than 24,000 pounds of explosives, authorities …

Oct 25, 2024 · BLAST can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families. There are several types of …

Mar 18, 2025 · BLAST is available on the web or as a standalone program. Access BLAST on the cloud to run high volume searches or download BLAST+ executables for greater security or for …

Oct 11, 2025 · Tennessee Explosion Updates: 19 Missing After Blast Tears Through Munitions Plant At least some employees were killed, officials said, but the exact death toll and the …

3 days ago · Authorities plan to give an update on the massive blast in Tennessee that killed 16 people earlier this month at an explosives plant

BLAST is also often used as part of other algorithms that require approximate sequence matching. BLAST is available on the web on the NCBI website. Different types of BLASTs are …

Oct 10, 2025 · Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed 16 victims in the blast at a news conference on Saturday night.

Oct 26, 2024 · One of the most commonly used bioinformatics tools today to study DNA and protein sequences is called BLAST. BLAST stands for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.

Important update The ClusteredNR database is now the default Protein BLAST database. Learn more about ClusteredNR