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NCBI Blast databases - cannot find some databases
I'm working with a system that does local BLAST searches using some preconfigured BLAST databases. From what I see, these were updated within the last year, but I cannot find any current databases ...
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compare fasta sequences in pairs and collect metrics
I have 96 fasta files (A1, A2, A3...) from one plasmid assembly pipeline, and I have another 96 fasta files (B1, B2, B3 ...) from another plasmid assembly pipeline.
I would like to compare pair ...
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What are the different kinds of bioluminescent genes?
I know of the common green glow gene but I forgot the name and I also know that some algae glow blue. There are so many types of bioluminesent organisms, so I am wondering what species have which ...
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which NCBI tool is optimized to identify a species from a DNA fragment?
“The Iceman” was a man who lived 5300 years ago and whose body was recovered from an Alpine glacier in 1991. Some fungal material was recovered from his clothing and sequenced.
Ice man : found as a ...
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A tool or webserver for building PSSM matrix
I have some protein sequences and I want to build a position-specific scoring matrix (PSSM) for them and then upload this PSSM to NCBI PSI-BLAST. I used CHAPS program for this pupose but uploading the ...
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