"BLAST" meaning in English

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        "An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins."
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        "(biology) An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins."
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    {
      "form": "BLASTing",
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    {
      "form": "BLASTed",
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        "(biology, informal, transitive) Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)"
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        "(biology) An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins."
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