BLAST PRINTS - alternative perspectives on sequence similarity

An implementation of BLAST for searching the PRINTS database is presented. The interface allows submission of either protein or DNA queries, and retur ns the familiar form of output, but modified by means of direct links both to the familial discriminators in PRINTS and to fingerprint profile visuali zation software. The sewer thus couples the rapidity of BLAST searching wit h the sensitivity of fingerprint diagnoses, providing alternative perspecti ves on a given query.