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FASTA DNA data
File type: Various data file
Files with fa file extension can be usually encountered as data files in a special FASTA DNA format used in biochemistry.
What is fa file?
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 2, 2019
The fa file extension is typically used for a special FASTA DNA format used in biochemistry.
The fa file does not contains the chromatogram but only the sequence string (it is much more simple format).
The FASTA programs find regions of local or global (new) similarity between Protein or DNA sequences, either by searching Protein or DNA databases, or by identifying local duplications within a sequence.
Other programs provide information on the statistical significance of an alignment. Like BLAST, FASTA can be used to infer functional and evolutionary relationships between sequences as well as help identify members of gene families.
How to open fa file?
Some specialized biochemistry programs support all kinds of FASTA formats.
How to convert fa file?
You will need a special converter if you need to export these files to some kiind of exchange format or transfer it to another software.
Suggested software to open fa file:
Associated software actions with the fa file
Software apps that convert fa files:
DNA Baser Sequence Aligner (Microsoft Windows)
Convertrix (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that export fa files:
GenBank to FASTA converter (Microsoft Windows)
ABI to FASTA converter (Microsoft Windows)
MultiFASTA Builder (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving fa files:
DNA Baser Sequence Aligner (Microsoft Windows)