This class provides researchers with the fundamentals of BLAST sequence searching and multiple sequence alignment.

By the end of this class, the user will be able to:

• Locate nucleotide or amino acid sequences and select the correct format for BLAST
• Understand the fundamental functionality of a BLAST search and how the scoring matrix affects the search
• Know the difference between BLAST and BLink
• Be able to perform BLAST, PSI-BLAST and multiple sequence alignments

This class is approximately 1.5 hours long.

Guides:

• Sequence Similarity Searching

There are no Sequence Similarity Searching classes scheduled at this time.

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