BLAST

blast -blast blast- English + (biotechnology) Etymology An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. Proper noun en proper noun en biology An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins. Derived terms en MegaBLAST Verb en biology informal transitive en blast to run a sequence through BLAST. en 2006 Guy Caldwell; Shelli Williams; Kim Caldwell Integrated Genomics: A Discovery-Based Laboratory Course 85 This program is also capable of BLASTing sequencing results and works with most automated sequencing formats, alleviating the need for conversion of PC-based files. Anagrams en ablst Balts blats