BLASTX uses protein sequences as queries to search against a protein sequence database.

BLASTX uses protein sequences as queries to search against a protein sequence database. Correct Answer False

BLASTP, and not BLASTX, uses protein sequences as queries to search against a protein sequence database. BLASTX uses nucleotide sequences as queries and translates them in all six reading frames to produce translated protein sequences, which are used to query a protein sequence database.

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