Access NCBI blast through command line without downloading entire nr database?
Is there a way to run a blast against NCBI's nr database through the command line without downloading the entire database?
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Yes there is. Use -remote option when you use the command line blast locally. This will allow you to search at NCBI. Not meant to be used with hundreds of queries but for a small number of well separated ones this will work fine. You will obviously need direct internet access for this to work.
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