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Tool: Automatically download NCBI Blast databases
HiI thought to share this tool, in case you need it. The tool automatically downloads ALL NCBI blast databases from NCBI ftp server. Limitations:You can stop a download and resume later as long as you...
View ArticleBlast - Formatting Output
Hi,I've been using the blastn (version 2.2.28+) standalone tool against a custom formatted genome via:blastn -db BLASTDB -word_size 7 -query input.fa -out filename -perc_identity 100 -outfmt 6...
View ArticleAnnotating Sequences For Gbrowse - Which Is The Database And Which Is The Query?
Let's say I have some small sequences that I wish to display in Gbrowse. I want to create tracks from Blast results to show where genic regions might be.Do I create a Blast index of the small sequences...
View ArticleBlast Can'T Find Databases
I've installed BLAST locally, I've downloaded the nr database via update update_blastdb, I've added .ncbirc to the home folder which has [BLAST] BLASTDB=/home/bioinformatics/Desktop/blastDBand yet when...
View ArticleError in run blastpgp
Hi, I am trying to have the command line blast work, however, I did not manage to execute it properly. I would appreciate if you can tell me what I am doing wrong. So here are the things I did so far:...
View ArticleBlast Parameters For Searching Rna Database
I've a collection of cDNAs (median length ~1500 ) and I wish to filter out those are RNA coding ones thru a blastn search. Can people tell me what typical blast parameters are to be chosen for that...
View ArticleExpanding Multiple Sequences In Fasta File
I have a fasta file with sequences of about 100 amino acids and i need to expand them on both sides with the corresponding amino acids to get a fasta file that contains the entire domain sequences...
View ArticleHow Is The Score And E-Value Calculated In Blast Outputs
Hi!I am working on a BLAST similar tool and wanted to implement the Score (raw Alignment score) and the E-value. I was wondering if someone could please explain me how it is calculated by showing it...
View ArticleHow To Generate Blast Database
Hello I downloaded some database in gemnomes/Bacteria ( ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/Bacteria/Acetobacterium_woodii_DSM_1030_uid88073/ ) I want to use blast program. I have some problem. How can...
View ArticleCustomize Link To Ncbi Blast Search
I want to insert a link to NCBI Blast search into web page with given GI and coordinates. Link like this:<a...
View ArticleHelp In Configuring A Local Blast Server.
Hi all.I am attempting to configure a local BLAST server on a Windows XP machine. I found the following series of explanations helpful but incomplete:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK52637/Relevant...
View ArticleBl2Seq In Blast+
I have recently installed blast 2.2.24+ and I was looking for the bl2seq tool, but I didnt find it. After some research I found that bl2seq is only found in the legacy blast package. So my question is...
View ArticleParsing Blast Results In Java
Hey guys, so I am in the process of creating a Java app with a GUI and all based on metagenomic analysis. So my question revolves around running BLAST searches and returning the results in the most...
View ArticleHow To Filter A Blast Xml Output ?
Hello list, I have very large xml blast outputs (in order to use with blast2go) and I need to reduce these consequently according to a selected criterium (for instance the E-value). Did anybody write a...
View ArticleScript Or Tools To Blast Primer Sequences Against Fasta File
Hi, I am looking for a script or tool to blasta all of my primer sequences against the reference fasta sequence. When i tried to use megablast i did not get any output eventhough those primers are...
View ArticleBlast 2.2.24+ Database Error
When running local BLAST on a big database (all human proteins) I get the following error:proteinsApplicationError: Command 'blast-2.2.24+/bin/blastp.exe -query "query.fasta" - db...
View ArticleHave You Ever Tried Megablast Indexation ?
Hi, I am surprised to see as low number of posts about megablast indexing... Is this because it does not work? If I believe this one, this should really help to get results faster. But after some...
View ArticleCommand to get BlastDB(Blast Database) information
Hi guys, I have a very simple question on how to get the information on the size of BLASTDB created using standalone BLAST. I have created several BLAST databases and now I need information on their...
View ArticleAny Local Gui-Guided Blast Tools?
Hi All,I am currently looking into local, GUI-guided BLAST tools. I stumbled upon BlastStation2 and was wondering if anyone has experience with it ? Are there any similar tools such as BlastStation2...
View ArticleBlast Display Non-Matching Ends Of Sequence
Is it possible for blastn to show the parts of the database which do not match? Eg if I ask blastn for matches to a 36 base pair sequence and it finds a human DNA sequence which matches 27 bases of 30,...
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