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NCBI BLAST: a Better Web Interface

Overview
Journal Nucleic Acids Res
Publisher Oxford University Press
Specialty Biochemistry
Date 2008 Apr 29
PMID 18440982
Citations 1711
Authors
Mark Johnson
Irena Zaretskaya
Yan Raytselis
Yuri Merezhuk
Scott McGinnis
Thomas L Madden
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Abstract

Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) is a sequence similarity search program. The public interface of BLAST, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast, at the NCBI website has recently been reengineered to improve usability and performance. Key new features include simplified search forms, improved navigation, a list of recent BLAST results, saved search strategies and a documentation directory. Here, we describe the BLAST web application's new features, explain design decisions and outline plans for future improvement.

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