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@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ The following BLAST tools are supported by `NCBIBlast`:
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- `blastx`
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- `makeblastdb`
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A benefit of using the package is that it uses Julia's powerful `BinaryBuilder.jl` architechture to bundle the `BLAST+` executables
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so that you don't have to deal with that.
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In other words, if you do add `NCBIBLAST.jl`,
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you don't need to have the command line tools available.
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Note: [BioTools BLAST](https://biojulia.dev/BioTools.jl/stable/blast/) is a deprecated Julia package for running BLAST searches and is different from `NCBIBLAST`.
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