ACE (genomic file format)

This article is about the file format specification used in genomics. For the compression format, see ACE (compressed file format).

The ACE file format is a specification for storing data about genomic contigs.

The original ACE format was developed for use with Consed, a program for viewing, editing, and finishing DNA sequence assemblies.

ACE files are generated by various assembly programs, including Phrap, CAP3, Newbler, Arachne, AMOS (more specifically Minimo) and Tigr Assembler v2.

External links

• ACE format specification
• BioPerl IO module for ACE
• Contig representation in several assembly formats