Journal of
Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis

  • Abbreviation: J. Bioinform. Seq. Anal.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2464
  • DOI: 10.5897/JBSA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 49

Review

Bioinformatics with basic local alignment search tool (BLAST) and fast alignment (FASTA)

Eric S. Donkor*
  • Eric S. Donkor*
  • Department of Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie
  • Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie
  • Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Theophilus K Adiku
  • Theophilus K Adiku
  • Department of Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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  •  Received: 27 April 2013
  •  Accepted: 25 April 2014
  •  Published: 30 April 2014

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