Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) at Medical Drugs Glossary
What is Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)? A nucleic acid and protein sequence comparison program based on the creation of a matrix of similarity scores for all possible pairs of residues, defining the high-scoring segments, and statistically evaluating the significance of the results.Medical Term & Definition Added By: Madeline
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