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FASTA: History, Applications & Regions

FASTA is a DNA and protein sequence alignment software package first described by David J. Lipman and William R. Pearson in 1985. Its legacy is the FASTA format which is now ubiquitous in bioinformatics.

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FASTA topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around FASTA.

Related topics
25
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
30
Extracted relationships
37
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
30

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 7 topics
Search method · 7 topics
Uses · 7 topics
Statistical significance · 3 topics
History · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developers
William R. Pearson · David J. Lipman
License
apache2.0
Operating system
UNIX · Linux · Mac · MS-Windows
Repository
github.com/wrpearson/fasta36
Stable release
36
Type
Bioinformatics

Suggested research paths

A focused starting point derived from the topic graph, ranked independently of the source article order.

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Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Uses

Search method

Statistical significance

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How FASTA connects Entity context

The extracted context around FASTA shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, FASTA → Because, DNA, FAST-All, FAST-N, FAST-P, Nowadays, Smith, The, There, Waterman Another extracted example is FASTA → DNA, In, Recent, Smith, SSEARCH, The, Waterman. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

FASTA

Top relations

related to history · 10
FASTA → Because, DNA, FAST-All, FAST-N, FAST-P, Nowadays, Smith, The, There, Waterman
related to Uses · 7
FASTA → DNA, In, Recent, Smith, SSEARCH, The, Waterman
Operating system · 4
FASTA → Linux, Mac, MS-Windows, UNIX
related to Search method · 4
FASTA → It, Smith, The FASTA, Waterman
Developers · 2
FASTA → David J. Lipman, William R. Pearson
Website · 2
FASTA → fasta.bioch.virginia.edu, www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/sss/fasta
License · 1
FASTA → apache2.0
Repository · 1
FASTA → github.com/wrpearson/fasta36
Stable release · 1
FASTA → 36
Type · 1
FASTA → Bioinformatics

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

sequence alignment protein sequences score package program regions blast dna similarity search statistical significance bioinformatics searches programs database using used

FASTA relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 37 structured relationships around FASTA. Examples in this analysis include FASTA → Developers → William R. Pearson and FASTA → Developers → David J. Lipman. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FASTADevelopersWilliam R. Pearson1.00infobox
FASTADevelopersDavid J. Lipman1.00infobox
FASTALicenseapache2.01.00infobox
FASTAOperating systemUNIX1.00infobox
FASTAOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
FASTAOperating systemMac1.00infobox
FASTAOperating systemMS-Windows1.00infobox
FASTARepositorygithub.com/wrpearson/fasta361.00infobox
FASTAStable release361.00infobox
FASTATypeBioinformatics1.00infobox
FASTAWebsitefasta.bioch.virginia.edu1.00infobox
FASTAWebsitewww.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/sss/fasta1.00infobox
FASTAis aDNA and protein sequence alignment software package first described by David J0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around FASTA bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Protein, Sequence and Package. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • FASTA
    • Protein
    • Sequence
    • Package
    • Search
    • Searches
    • Alignment
    • Program
    • Bioinformatics
    • Software
    • Sequences
    • Format
    • Nucleotide
  • fasta
    • Protein
    • Sequence
    • Package
    • Search
    • Searches
    • Alignment
    • Program
    • Bioinformatics
    • Software
    • Sequences
    • Format
    • Nucleotide
  • sequence alignment
    • Software
    • Format
    • Database
    • Programs
    • Sequence
    • Sequences
    • Similarity
    • Fasta
    • Package
    • Protein
    • Local
    • Type
  • fasta format
    • Software
    • Protein
    • Now
    • Sequence
    • Package
    • Blast
    • Used
    • Search
    • Searches
    • Alignment
    • Program
    • Bioinformatics
  • protein
    • Package
    • Programs
    • Searches
    • Sequence
    • Nucleotide
    • Original
    • Similarity
    • Program
    • Sequences
    • Also
    • Bioinformatics
    • Lipman
  • search method
    • Algorithm
    • Smith
    • Waterman
    • Also
    • Heuristic
    • Sequence
    • Software
    • Type
    • William
    • Now
    • Nucleotide
    • Blast
  • dna
    • Protein
    • Programs
    • Package
    • Searches
    • Fasta
    • Alignment
    • Also
    • David
    • Local
    • Sequence
    • Sequences
    • Software
  • smith–waterman algorithm
    • Algorithm
    • Smith
    • Waterman
    • Search
    • Using
    • Heuristic
    • Local
    • Type
    • Alignment
    • Database
    • Searches
    • Package

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For FASTA, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects FASTA with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
FASTAOverview · splits 23 ⟂ 8
FASTAUses · splits 23 ⟂ 8
FASTASearch method · splits 23 ⟂ 8
FASTAStatistical significance · splits 27 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

FASTA

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples37
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around FASTA to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — FASTA · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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