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Details for: GenBank Flat File

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Properties

Signatures

External signatures

File extension: gb
File extension: gbk

Internal signatures

Name

GenBank Flat File

Description

BOF Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: LOCUS Variable: ORIGIN EOF offset 0-1, magic bytes: //.

Byte sequences

Position type	Absolute from BOF
Offset	0
Maximum Offset	0
Byte order
Value	4C4F435553
Position type	Variable
Byte order
Value	4F524947494E
Position type	Absolute from EOF
Offset	0
Maximum Offset	1
Byte order
Value	2F2F(0A\|0D)