BLAST-Like Alignment Tool

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:software
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:BLAT
gptkbp:citation Kent WJ. BLAT—the BLAST-like alignment tool. Genome Res. 2002 Apr;12(4):656-64.
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:BLAST
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Jim_Kent
gptkb:UCSC_Genome_Bioinformatics_Group
gptkbp:fasterThan gptkb:BLAST
gptkbp:function sequence alignment
genome mapping
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label BLAST-Like Alignment Tool
gptkbp:license open source
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:macOS
gptkb:Linux
Unix-like
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:releaseYear 2002
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:UCSC_Genome_Browser
gptkbp:usedFor aligning protein sequences
aligning DNA sequences
aligning RNA sequences
gptkbp:website https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/blatSpec.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:BLAT
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4