Sequence data formats
| File type |
Suffix |
Import |
Export |
Description |
|---|
| AB1 |
.ab1 |
X |
|
Including chromatograms |
| ABI |
.abi |
X |
|
Including chromatograms |
| CLC |
.clc |
X |
X |
Rich format including all information |
| Clone manager |
.cm5 |
X |
|
Clone manager sequence format |
| DNAstrider |
.str/.strider |
X |
X |
|
| DS Gene |
.bsml |
X |
|
|
| EMBL |
.emb/.embl |
X |
X |
Rich information incl. annotations (nucs only) |
| FASTA |
.fa/.fsa/.fasta |
X |
X |
Simple format, name & description |
| GenBank |
.gbk/.gb/.gp/.gbff |
X |
X |
Rich information incl. annotations |
| Gene Construction Kit |
.gck |
X |
|
|
| Lasergene |
.pro/.seq |
X |
|
|
| Nexus |
.nxs/.nexus |
X |
X |
|
| Phred |
.phd |
X |
|
Including chromatograms |
| PIR (NBRF) |
.pir |
X |
X |
Simple format, name & description |
| Raw sequence |
any |
X |
|
Only sequence (no name) |
| SCF2 |
.scf |
X |
|
Including chromatograms |
| SCF3 |
.scf |
X |
X |
Including chromatograms |
| Sequence Comma separated values |
.csv |
X |
X |
Simple format. One seq per line: name, description(optional), sequence |
| Staden |
.sdn |
X |
|
|
| Swiss-Prot |
.swp |
X |
X |
Rich information incl. annotations (only peptides) |
| Tab delimited text |
.txt |
|
X |
Annotations in tab delimited text format |
When exporting in fasta format, it is possible to remove sequence ends covered by annotations of type "Trim" (read more in Trimming).
