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We present here an instantiation of BioProvider, a tool that efficiently provides data for biological applications, tailored to the way BLAST demands data. We briefly discuss some of the factors that may influence data availability and performances.
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de Noronha, M.F., Lifschitz, S., de Miranda, A.B. (2008). A Practical Evaluation of BioProvider. In: Bazzan, A.L.C., Craven, M., Martins, N.F. (eds) Advances in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. BSB 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85557-6_18
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