Package: rBLAST 1.8.0

Michael Hahsler

rBLAST: R Interface for the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool

Seamlessly interfaces the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) running locally to search genetic sequence data bases. This work was partially supported by grant no. R21HG005912 from the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Authors:Michael Hahsler [aut, cre], Nagar Anurag [aut]

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NEWS

# Install 'rBLAST' in R:
install.packages('rBLAST', repos = c('https://bioc-release.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/mhahsler/rblast/issues

On BioConductor:rBLAST-1.9.0(bioc 3.24)rBLAST-1.8.0(bioc 3.23)

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Exports:blastblast_db_cacheblast_db_getblast_helphas_blastmakeblastdb

Dependencies:askpassBiocFileCacheBiocGenericsBiostringsbitbit64blobcachemclicpp11crayoncurlDBIdbplyrdplyrfastmapfilelockgenericsgluehttr2IRangeslifecyclemagrittrmemoiseopensslpillarpkgconfigpurrrR6rappdirsrlangRSQLiteS4VectorsSeqinfostringistringrsystibbletidyrtidyselectutf8vctrswithrXVector

rBLAST: R Interface for the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool

Michael Hahsler and Anurag Nagar

Rendered fromblast.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 30 2026.

Last update: 2024-04-09
Started: 2024-03-22

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)BLAST blast blast_help has_blast predict.BLAST print.BLAST
Manage BLAST Database Downloads using BioCFileCacheblast_db_cache blast_db_get
Create BLAST Databasesmakeblastdb