Converts GEO data sets to FASTA files and includes the ability to download data sets direct from GEO with an Accession Number
Many toolkits (for example the UEA Small Plant and Animal toolkit) require data to be provided in FASTA format. However sequence data sets from GEO often come in the SOFT format, and hence need to be converted before they can be used by many of the tools used in the bioinformatic sphere.
Sirocco have today released A FASTA Maker – a Java based tool to help perform these SOFT to FASTA file conversions in an easy to use GUI.
This utility operates in two modes – it can either transform local SOFT files containing sequence data into FASTA data or, given an accession number, can fetch a dataset from GEO. It also allows the creation of a ZIP version of the newly created FASTA file and a choice or redundant or non-redundant FASTA formats.
Click here to read more about and use the A FASTA Maker tool.