FASTA format

Summary

FASTA format is a file format^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,377 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• FASTA format's instance of is recorded as file format^[3].
• FASTA format's instance of is recorded as textual data format^[4].
• FASTA format's developer is recorded as David J. Lipman^[5].
• FASTA format's developer is recorded as William R. Pearson^[6].
• 1985 marks the founding of FASTA format^[7].
• FASTA format's described at URL is recorded as https://zhanggroup.org/FASTA/^[8].
• FASTA format's media type is recorded as text/plain^[9].
• FASTA format's media type is recorded as chemical/seq-aa-fasta^[10].
• FASTA format's media type is recorded as chemical/seq-na-fasta^[11].
• FASTA format's file extension is recorded as fasta^[12].
• FASTA format's file extension is recorded as fa^[13].
• FASTA format's manifestation of is recorded as nucleic acid sequence^[14].
• FASTA format's manifestation of is recorded as amino acid sequence^[15].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format^[3] and textual data format^[4].

History and Context

1985 marks the founding of FASTA format^[7].

Why It Matters

FASTA format ranks in the top 8% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,377 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]