Note that the "Description" column refers to the file format, and not the viewing modes that are supported by the workbench. In particular, Sequence Viewer does not allow trace data to be shown.
| 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 |
.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 |
| Vector NTI archives* |
.ma4/.pa4/.oa4 |
X |
|
Archives in rich format |
| Vector NTI Database* |
|
X |
|
Special import full database |
*Vector NTI import functionality comes as standard within the CLC Main Workbench and can be installed as a plugin via the Plugins Manager of the CLC Genomics Workbench (read more in Installing plugins).
