blastar: BLAST and Sequence Analysis Tools
Abstract
Description: Provides streamlined tools for retrieving sequences from NCBI, performing sequence alignments (pairwise and multiple), and building phylogenetic trees. Implements the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm for global alignment (Needleman & Wunsch (1970) ), Smith-Waterman for local alignment (Smith & Waterman (1981) ), and Neighbor-Joining for tree construction (Saitou & Nei (1987) ).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Genetics
Bioinformatics
and Biomedical Research
Fractal and DNA sequence analysis
Publication details
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Document type
- Dataset