MAVID multi-FASTA format description

A sequence in FASTA format begins with a single-line description, followed by lines of sequence data. The description line is distinguished from the sequence data by a greater-than (">") symbol in the first column. It is recommended that all lines of text be shorter than 80 characters in length. An example sequence in FASTA
format is:


>human sequence
AGTGAGACACGACGAGCCTACTATCAGGACGAGAGCAGGAGAGTGATGATGAGTAGCG
CACAGCGACGATCATCACGAGAGAGTAAGAAGCAGTGATGATGTAGAGCGACGAGAGC
ACAGCGGCGACTACTACTAGG

Sequences are expected to be represented in the standard IUB/IUPAC nucleic acid code, with these exceptions: lower-case letters are accepted and are mapped into upper-case; any characters other than A,C,G,T are converted into 'N' (unknown) The nucleic acid codes supported are:

        A --> Adenine
        C --> Cytosine           
        G --> Guanine            
        T --> Thymine          
        N --> A G C T (any)

Multi-Fasta format consists of alternating description lines followed by sequence data. It is important that each ">" symbol appear on a new line. For example:

>human
AGTGAGACACGACGAGCCTACTATCAGGACGAGAGCAGGAGAGTGATGATGAGTAGCG
CACAGCGACGATCATCACGAGAGAGTAAGAAGCAGTGATGATGTAGAGCGACGAGAGC
ACAGCGGCGACTACTACTAGG
>mouse
AGTGTGTCTCGTCGTGCCTACTTTCAGGACGAGAGCAGGTGAGTGTTGATGAGTTGCG
CTCTGCGACGTTCATCTCGAGTGAGTTAGAAAGTGAAGGTATAACACAAGGTGTGAAG
GCAGTGATGATGTAGAGCGACGAGAGCACAGCGGCGGGATGATATATCTAGGAGGATG
CCCAATTTTTTTTT
>platypus
CTCTGCGGCGTTCGTCTCGGGTGGGTTGGGGGGTGGGGGTGTGGCGCAAGGTGTGAAG
CACGACGACGATCTACGACGAGCGAGTGATGAGAGTGATGAGCGACGACGAGCACTAG
AAGCGACGACTACTATCGACGAGCAGCCGAGATGATGATGAAAGAGAGAGAA