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BeoBLAST: distributed BLAST and PSI-BLAST on a Beowulf cluster.
| Title | BeoBLAST: distributed BLAST and PSI-BLAST on a Beowulf cluster. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Grant, JD, Dunbrack, RL, Manion, FJ, Ochs, MF |
| Journal | Bioinformatics |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pagination | 765-6 |
| Date Published | 2002 May |
| ISSN | 1367-4803 |
| Keywords | Computer Communication Networks, Computing Methodologies, Database Management Systems, Databases, Genetic, Information Storage and Retrieval, Internet, National Library of Medicine (U.S.), Sequence Analysis, United States |
| Abstract | UNLABELLED: BeoBLAST is an integrated software package that handles user requests and distributes BLAST and PSI-BLAST searches to nodes of a Beowulf cluster, thus providing a simple way to implement a scalable BLAST system on top of relatively inexpensive computer clusters. Additionally, BeoBLAST offers a number of novel search features through its web interface, including the ability to perform simultaneous searches of multiple databases with multiple queries, and the ability to start a search using the PSSM generated from a previous PSI-BLAST search on a different database. The underlying system can also handle automated querying for high throughput work.AVAILABILITY: Source code is available under the GNU public license at http://bioinformatics.fccc.edu/ |
| Alternate Journal | Bioinformatics |
| PubMed ID | 12050075 |
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