Batch Blast Extractor: An Automated BLAST Parser Application
Author Information
Author(s): Pirooznia Mehdi, Perkins Edward J, Deng Youping
Primary Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern MS
Hypothesis
The implementation of a parser application would be extremely useful in extracting information from BLAST outputs.
Conclusion
The Batch Blast Extractor application simplifies the extraction of essential features from BLAST outputs for further analysis.
Supporting Evidence
- The application generates a tab delimited text file that can be easily imported into any statistical package such as Excel or SPSS.
- It is OS independent and works on both Windows and Linux OS with Java 1.4 and higher.
- The program derives and saves essential features from the BLAST output file for further analysis.
Takeaway
The Batch Blast Extractor is a tool that helps scientists quickly get important information from a lot of data without having to do it by hand.
Methodology
The application was developed in Java and generates a tab delimited text file from BLAST output for easy import into statistical packages.
Limitations
Currently, the application only works with blastx results, and efforts to extend functionality to other BLAST programs are ongoing.
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