BLAT

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:software
gptkbp:application gene finding
genome analysis
sequence mapping
gptkbp:citation over 10,000
Kent WJ. BLAT—the BLAST-like alignment tool. Genome Res. 2002 May;12(4):656-64.
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:BLAST
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Jim_Kent
gptkbp:fasterThan gptkb:BLAST
gptkbp:format gptkb:PSL
gptkb:FASTA
BLAST-like
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:BLAST-Like_Alignment_Tool
gptkbp:genre sequence alignment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label BLAT
gptkbp:license open source
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Windows
gptkb:Mac_OS_X
Unix-like
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:releaseYear 2002
gptkbp:repository https://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQblat.html
gptkbp:supports DNA alignment
RNA alignment
protein alignment
gptkbp:supportsAlgorithm seed-and-extend
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:UCSC_Genome_Browser
gptkbp:usedFor genome annotation
exon-intron structure analysis
finding homologous sequences
gptkbp:website https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/blatSpec.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:BLT
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3