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FASTA

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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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

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FASTA

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

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FASTA

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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

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Important terminology

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

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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

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