FASTA format

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file format used to store nucleotide or amino acid sequences

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Extensions	`.fa.fasta`
MIME types	`chemical/seq-aa-fastachemical/seq-na-fastatext/plain`
Wikidata	`Q1593782`

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GenoCADOpen sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0
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From Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.