Blastn max target sequences

Question

[Kinoppy]

Quick question, probably already asked (sorry in this case).

How can i set "Max target sequences" in NCBI BLASTn equal to 1? The minimum value I can set from the website is 10...

Thank you all for the help and for the attention.

[lieven.sterck]

word of caution: do not use the max-target parameter without reading up on it. It may (/will) not always work as you expect it to be. For more info google around for it. Here (https://blastedbio.blogspot.com/2015/12/blast-max-target-sequences-bug.html) is a good start.

[Carlo Yague]

Perhaps what you really want is to set "-num_alignments" to 1 ?

Answer 1

[agata88]

You can do it only with local Blast - https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?CMD=Web&PAGE_TYPE=BlastDocs&DOC_TYPE=Download

Best, Agata

[agata88]

If you need help, contact me at [e-mail]

Best, Agata