Table 1

-Minimum Sizes for FASTA Query

ProgramTaskQuery file size (bytes)Database (letters)
BLASTNmegablast10,000,0006,000,000,000
BLASTNblastn1,500,000150,000,000
BLASTPblastp-fast200,0002,500,000,000
BLASTPblastp200,000740,000,000
BLASTXblastx-fast1,250,000900,000,000
BLASTXblastx1,250,000900,000,000
TBLASTNtblastn-fast200,000350,000,000
TBLASTNtblastn200,000280,000,000

From: Threading By Query

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