SWeBLAST: A Sliding Window Web-based BLAST tool for recombinant analysis

Mathieu Fourment, Adrian J. Gibbs*, Mark J. Gibbs

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    Abstract

    We describe a simple Perl computer tool for matching successive subsequences of a query sequence using the BLAST facilities of Genbank. SWeBLAST helps identify 'parents' of recombinant sequences, even when these are themselves unrelated, thus it is complementary to methods that compare sets of aligned homologous sequences, and avoids the significant problem of these methods in having first to decide which sequences to compare. SWeBLAST searches may also be valuable for checking the recombination history of genes proposed for use as transgenes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)98-101
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of Virological Methods
    Volume152
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2008

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