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The FASTA file format is used for representing one or more nucleotide or amino acid sequences as a continuous string of characters. Sequences are annotated with a comment line, which starts with the > character, that precedes each sequence. The comment line is typically formatted in a uniform w...

The MAF file format is a tab-delimited text file format intended for describing somatic DNA mutations detected in sequencing results, and is distinct from the Multiple Alignment Format file type, which is intended for representing aligned nucleotide sequences. Column headers and ordering may someti...

The GCT file format is a tab-delimited text file format used for describing processed gene expression or RNAi data, typically derived from microarray chip analysis. This data is arranged with a single annotated gene or probe per line, and a single chip sample per column (beyond the annotation colum...

This a python example function for sequence writing in fasta format. Parameters: filename(String) - A file name for writing sequence in fasta format. seq(String) - A DNA or RNA sequence. id(String) - The ID of the given sequence. desc(String) - A short description of the given sequence. im...