LAST

LAST is a software tool to align short reads. The LAST algorithm uses quality values to improve the accuracy of the sequence alignments.

Topic

Genomics;Comparative genomics

Detail

  • Operation: Sequence alignment

  • Software interface: Web service

  • Language: C++

  • License: GNU General Public License v3

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: -

  • Credit: INTEC Systems Institute, Inc., Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology, AIST internal budget.

  • Input: -

  • Output: -

  • Contact: last-align@googlegroups.com

  • Collection: -

  • Maturity: -

Publications

  • Incorporating sequence quality data into alignment improves DNA read mapping.
  • Frith MC, Wan R, Horton P. Incorporating sequence quality data into alignment improves DNA read mapping. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Apr;38(7):e100. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq010. Epub 2010 Jan 27. PMID: 20110255; PMCID: PMC2853142.
  • https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkq010
  • PMID: 20110255
  • PMC: PMC2853142

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