FASTA
- a DNA and protein sequence alignment software package that searches for matching sequence patterns or words, called k-tuples. Its legacy is the FASTA format which is now ubiquitous in bioinformatics. First described (as FASTP) by David J. Lipman and William R. Pearson in 1985.
Developers
William Pearson
Categories
Versions
- Linux 32: 35.4.3
- Linux 64: 35.4.3
- OSX Intel: 35.4.3
- OSX PPC: 35.4.3
Citations
Mount. Using a FASTA Sequence Database Similarity Search. CSH protocols (2007) vol. 2007 pp. pdb.top16
Pearson. Rapid and sensitive sequence comparison with FASTP and FASTA. Methods in enzymology (1990) vol. 183 pp. 63-98
License Type
This software is distributed under an Open license.
