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blastar  

BLAST and Sequence Analysis Tools
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Download and install blastar package within the R console
Install from CRAN:
install.packages("blastar")

Install from Github:
library("remotes")
install_github("cran/blastar")

Install by package version:
library("remotes")
install_version("blastar", "0.1.1")



Attach the package and use:
library("blastar")
Maintained by
Loukas Theodosiou
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First Published: 2026-01-14
Latest Update: 2026-01-14
Description:
Description: Provides streamlined tools for retrieving sequences from NCBI, performing sequence alignments (pairwise and multiple), and building phylogenetic trees. Implements the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm for global alignment (Needleman & Wunsch (1970) <doi:10.1016/0022-2836(70)90057-4>), Smith-Waterman for local alignment (Smith & Waterman (1981) <doi:10.1016/0022-2836(81)90087-5>), and Neighbor-Joining for tree construction (Saitou & Nei (1987) <doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040454>).
How to cite:
Loukas Theodosiou (2026). blastar: BLAST and Sequence Analysis Tools. R package version 0.1.1, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/blastar. Accessed 03 Oct. 2026.
Previous versions and publish date:
(2026-07-09 07:22), 0.1.1 (2026-01-14 19:00)
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