====== BLAST ======

**BLAST** is a software module available on **Comet**.

===== BLAST overview =====

To access **BLAST** on Comet, run ''module load BLAST''. This will load the //default// version of **BLAST**.

An overview of the module information is shown below (''module -r spider ^BLAST$''):

<code lang=text>
  BLAST: BLAST/2.11.0-Linux_x86_64
    Description:
      Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the
      amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.

     Other possible modules matches:
        BLAST+

    This module can be loaded directly: module load BLAST/2.11.0-Linux_x86_64

    Help:
      
      Description
      ===========
      Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological
      sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.
      
      More information
      ================
       - Homepage: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
      

  To find other possible module matches execute:

      $ module -r spider '.*BLAST.*'
</code>

If there are multiple versions of **BLAST** listed, then you can load a //specific// version as follows:
<code lang=bash>
$ module load BLAST/version_string
</code>

You can find the most //up to date information// whilst logged on to Comet by running ''module -r spider ^BLAST$''.

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===== BLAST Help =====

The module **BLAST** has the following embedded help text (''module help BLAST''):

<code lang=text>Description
===========
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological
sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.

More information
================
 - Homepage: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

</code>

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===== BLAST Dependencies =====

There are no dependencies listed for **BLAST**

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