Learning Exercise

Bioinformatics exercises using BLAST

This is a good introductory exercise to familiarize students with the features and information that can be obtained through BLAST.

Course: Bioinformatics or Molecular Biology

Material:: Blast
Date last modified:: June 24, 2003
Created by:: Scott Cooper
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Blast

Blast

This site compares a DNA or protein sequence to all of the sequences in Genbank and produces a list of the best matches. see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: National Institute of Health
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

See link.

Disciplines

Audience

Requirements

Good understanding of Molecular Biology and central dogma

Topics

Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology

Type of Task

Learning Objectives

To familiarize students with the features of BLAST so that they can effectively use it for other assignments