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A fasta file is simply a text file in the following format:
 
A fasta file is simply a text file in the following format:
  
>SequenceName
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<p>>SequenceName</p>
 
atcg
 
atcg
  

Revision as of 15:36, 15 November 2011

A fasta file is simply a text file in the following format:

>SequenceName

atcg


where atcg=the DNA or amino acid sequence in question. The extension doesn't technically matter usually, but is often .fas .fasta or .fna by convention.


For more detail, see WikiPedia page [1]