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FASTA format

In bioinformatics and biochemistry, the FASTA format is a text-based format for representing either nucleotide sequences or amino acid (protein) sequences, in which nucleotides or amino acids are represented using single-letter codes.

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Working with FASTA files

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Description line

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Extensions

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Developed by
David J. Lipman William R. Pearson
Extended from
ASCII for FASTA
Extended to
FASTQ format
Initial release
1985
Internet media type
text/x-fasta
Type of format
Bioinformatics

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Description line

Sequence representation

FASTA file

Extensions

Working with FASTA files

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FASTA format

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples33
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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FASTA format

Top relations

related to Extensions · 12
FASTA format → A2M, A2M/A3M, A3M, As, Cambridge, FASTA, FASTA-derived, FASTQ, In A2M/A3M, It, Sanger Centre, The
related to Description line · 8
FASTA format → An, Control-A, FASTA, In, NCBI FASTA, Pearson FASTA, Some, The
related to Filename extension · 3
FASTA format → FASTA, The, There
Developed by · 1
FASTA format → David J. Lipman William R. Pearson
Extended from · 1
FASTA format → ASCII for FASTA
Extended to · 1
FASTA format → FASTQ format
Filename extensions · 1
FASTA format → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .fasta, .fas, .fa, .fna, .ffn, .faa, .mpfa, .frn
Initial release · 1
FASTA format → 1985
Internet media type · 1
FASTA format → text/x-fasta
Type of format · 1
FASTA format → Bioinformatics

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Important terminology

fasta format sequence sequences line used bioinformatics file also ncbi characters description files character standard 80 may acid represented pearson

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FASTA formatDeveloped byDavid J. Lipman William R. Pearson1.00infobox
FASTA formatExtended fromASCII for FASTA1.00infobox
FASTA formatExtended toFASTQ format1.00infobox
FASTA formatFilename extensions.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .fasta, .fas, .fa, .fna, .ffn, .faa, .mpfa, .frn1.00infobox
FASTA formatInitial release19851.00infobox
FASTA formatInternet media typetext/x-fasta1.00infobox
FASTA formatType of formatBioinformatics1.00infobox
FASTA formatUniform Type Identifier (UTI)no1.00infobox
FASTA formatWebsitewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/fasta.shtml1.00infobox
FASTA formatis atext-based format for representing either nucleotide sequences or amino acid0.90text
FASTA formatrelated to Description lineThe0.60section
FASTA formatrelated to Description lineIn0.60section

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