BLAT

Overview

BLAT (Blast Like Alignment Tool) is a bioinformatics software a tool which performs rapid mRNA/DNA and cross-species protein alignments. BLAT is more accurate and 500 times faster than popular existing tools for mRNA/DNA alignments and 50 times faster for protein alignments at sensitivity settings typically used when comparing vertebrate sequences. (Source: Kent, W.J. 2002. BLAT — The BLAST-Like Alignment Tool. Genome Research 4: 656-664.)

Version 35 is available on the CSF. It was compiled with gcc 4.4.6 .

Restrictions on use

All users may access the software. All files are copyrighted, but the license allows personal, academic, and non-profit use. Commercial use is not permitted.

Set up procedure

To access the software please load the modulefile:

module load apps/gcc/blat/35

Running the application

Serial batch job submission

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Parallel batch job submission

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Further info

• BLAT Suite Program Specifications and User Guide
• Blat FAQ at UCSC
• Authors website