BLAST tutorials/literature

[Gary Williams]

In article <81jm6i$ch at net.bio.net>,
James McInerney  <james.o.mcinerney at may.ie> wrote:
>I am looking for BLAST (preferably gapped-LAST and PSI-BLAST) tutorials
>or teaching resources or detailed reviews.  I have taught these
>algorithms to some undergraduate students, but the discussion of the
>primary literature proved to be somewhat difficult.  If anybody knows of
>a review or (preferably) a web resource that provides a thorough
>overview, then it would be gratefully appreciated.  I know that I could
>do this myself, but unfortunately I have to teach the joys of mendelian
>inheritance to first years and I'm time-limited.


There is a small collection of source material in 
http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/GenomeWeb/docs-searching.html

There might also be something in this small collection of bioinformatics
training course notes.
http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/GenomeWeb/docs-bioinformatics.html

Gary