BLAST Programs

WU BLAST (Washington University BLAST), developed by Warren Gish, is an implementation of the BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) algorithm. The five programs in the WU BLAST version 2.0 are available at ZFIN BLAST.

• BLASTN - compares a nucleotide query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database.

• BLASTP - compares an amino acid query sequence against a protein sequence database.

• BLASTX - compares the six-frame conceptual translation products of a nucleotide query sequence (both strands) against a protein sequence database.

• TBLASTN - compares an amino acid query sequence against the six-frame translations of a nucleotide sequence database.

• TBLASTX - compares the six-frame translations of a nucleotide query sequence against the six-frame translations of a nucleotide sequence database.