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blastjs: a BLAST+ wrapper for Node.js.
Martin Page1, Dan MacLean2, Christian Schudoma3,4
1Bioinformatics Group, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK. martin.page@tsl.ac.uk.
BMC Research Notes
|February 29, 2016
Summary
A new Node.js library, blastjs, enables developers to integrate the powerful BLAST+ suite into JavaScript applications. This tool simplifies sequence database searches for genomic annotation in Node.js environments.
Area of Science:
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Genomics
Background:
- Genomics generates vast sequence data, increasing the need for rapid database search tools.
- BLAST+ is a standard for bioinformatic sequence searches, crucial for genome annotation.
- Modern bioinformatics development increasingly utilizes JavaScript and Node.js frameworks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To bridge the gap between BLAST+ functionality and Node.js environments.
- To enable seamless integration of sequence search capabilities into JavaScript-based applications.
Main Methods:
- Development of blastjs, a Node.js library.
- Wrapping the BLAST+ suite's search tools within the Node.js library.
Main Results:
- blastjs provides a method to incorporate BLAST+ functionality into Node.js applications.
- The library simplifies the addition of sequence search capabilities to existing or new applications.
Conclusions:
- blastjs facilitates the use of BLAST+ within JavaScript and Node.js projects.
- The library is designed for ease of use, requiring minimal client-side code.
- blastjs is open-source, available under the MIT license on GitHub.
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