[Biodevelopers] NCBI Genome Data

[Alex Milowski]

Let's see if I understand what I've been looking at:

    1. The .asn files contain the annotation of the genome.  These point 
into the
       sequence contigs.

    2. The .fa files contain the sequence contigs (FASTA format).

    3. The .gbk and .gbs files contain a formated version of the .asn 
file with or
       without the sequence contigs.

    4. The .mfa is a mystery!

What is the .mfa file?  I know it is masked FASTA format of the 
contigs.  I'm just
not sure what that means.

Alex Milowski                FAX: (707) 598-7649                        
  alex at milowski.com

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the
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