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FASTA Sequence Format

The FASTA sequence format consists of a sequence name and description on a single line starting with the greater than symbol '>', followed by the sequence:

> SequenceName description here
ATGTCGTTACCGTCGTCGGGACCGACCATG
AGAGCGA

More than one sequence can be included in the same file:

> Randseq1 first randomly generated seq 
GGTGGTTACTAACCGTAAGAGATGATGTCGCCGTGGTCGCGTGGCGCCGCGGACCCAGAT
TGTACTTCTCTGAGTCGTTCTAGATCGACCAGTCTTCTAGCTTGCCCGTGAGGTATGGGG
AGCCGCATATTGCCCACAAT
> Randseq2 second randomly generated seq 
GCGACGCGTCTCTACACCAGACGCTTCTGTTGAGGAAGAGTGCCTGAGTGCAGGTCCTCG
AGAACCCACTGGAACTTGAAGGGCGCGTCTCACTGGTCGTGAGAAGGCTCCGTCGATACG
AAAGTCCATGCCAAGGACAT
> Randseq3 third randomly generated seq 
GGCGAGTCTGAACTCACAAATATTGCACGAGAGTTTAGTGTATGTTCCTCTTAGGCTGAT
AACAATAGTTTAGTGAGCGGAAATGCAACCGCGAGGCGGTCCCCTGCGCTTGTAATGGCC
ACCTGTTGCCCGTCGGATAT



Todd Lowe
Fri Nov 7 00:39:16 CST 1997