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				 This module provides a basic interface to allow your users to utilize your 
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				 server's NCBI BLAST+. 
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				-Specifically it provides two forms, one for nucleotide queries and another for 
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				-protein queries. Currently only blastn and blastp are supported but in the future 
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				-you will be able to select either a nucleotide or a protein database to BLAST 
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				-against regardless of the type of query and this module will decide which BLAST 
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				+Specifically it provides blast program-specific forms (blastn, blastp, tblastn,  
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				+blastx are supported). In the future, there will be a single form where you  
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				+will be able to select either a nucleotide or a protein database to BLAST 
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				+against regardless of the type of query and it will decide which BLAST 
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				 program to use based on the combination of query/database type (ie: if you 
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				 selected a protein database on the nucleotide BLAST form then blastx would 
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				 be used). 
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				 BLAST submissions result in the creation of Tripal jobs which then need to run 
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				-from the command-line. This ensures that long running BLASTS will not cause 
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				+from the command-line. This ensures that long running BLASTs will not cause 
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				 page time-outs but does add some management overhead and might result in longer 
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				 waits for users depending on how often you have cron set to run Tripal jobs. 
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				-A Tripal Jobs Daemon is under development to allow these jobs to be run almost 
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				-as soon as they are submitted. 
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				+You can alternatively use the [Tripal Jobs Daemon](https://github.com/tripal/tripal/tree/7.x-3.x/tripal_daemon)  
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				+to automate running of Tripal Jobs reducing user wait time and your own workload. 
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				 The BLAST results page is an expandable summary table with each hit being 
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				 listed as a row in the table with query/hit/e-value information. The row can 
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				 then be expanded to include additional information including the alignment. 
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				-Download formats are under development to allow users to download these 
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				-results in the familiar tabular or HTML NCBI formats. 
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				+Download formats are allow users to download these results in the familiar  
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				+tabular, GFF3 or HTML NCBI formats. 
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				 Highlighted Functionality 
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				- - Supports blastn and blastp with separate forms depending upon the query 
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				-   type. 
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				+ - Supports blastn, blastp, tblastn, and blastx with separate forms depending  
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				+   upon the query type. 
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				  - Simple interface allowing users to paste or upload a query sequence and 
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				    then select from available databases. Additionally, a FASTA file can be 
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				    uploaded for use as a database to BLAST against. 
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				    page time-outs 
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				  - BLAST databases are made available to the module by creating Drupal Pages 
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				    describing them. This allows administrators to use the Drupal Field API to 
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				-   add any information they want to these pages. 
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				+   add any information they want to these pages and to control which databases 
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				+   are available to a given user based on native Drupal permissions. 
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				 Installation 
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