ArrayStar with QSeq Supported File Types

File Format	ArrayStar	QSeq
ArrayStar (*.dmaproj,*.astar,)
Affymetrix (*.chp,*.csv1, *.xml2,*.xml3*.arr4, *.cel5)
Roche NimbleGen (*.call, *.calls txt, *ngd6,*.pair.txt files7)
Agilent/Feature Extraction (*txt), GenePix (*.gpr)9
Illumina Microarray (*.csv, *txt)
SNP data (*.txt, *.assembly)
Variant Call Files (*.vcf)13
Illumina Sequence (*.fastq, *.fas, *txt, *.qseq.txt)		9
Roche 454 (*.fna, *.fas, *.sff)		9
FastA (*.fas, *.fa,*.nt, *txt)		9,10
FastQ (*.fastq)		9
ABI SOLiD (*.gff, *.csfasta)		9
SCF2/SCF3 (*.scf)		9
Helicos (*.fa, *.txt)		9
ABI11 (*.abi, *.ab1, *abd)		9
Lasergene DNA (*.seq)		10
GenBank (*.gbk, *.gb)		10
DNA Multi-seq (*.mseq)12		9
GCG (*.seq, *.gcg)		10
EMBL (*.embl, *txt)		10
VectorNTI (*.gb)		10
GeneQuest (*.dad)		10
SeqBuilder (*.sbd, *.sbp)		10
Alignment files (*.aln, *.gff, *.bed, *.SAM, *.BAM)
SeqMan NGen alignment files (*.assembly)
ELAND alignment files (*.txt)
Illumina alignment files (*.txt)
Others (*.txt,*.csv8)		9,10

¹ Affymetrix annotation files.
² Affymetrix MAGE-ML sample attributes files.
³ Affymetrix MAGE-ML annotation files.
⁴ Affymetrix attribute files.
⁵ Affymetrix files, un-normalized
⁶ Nimblegen design files.
⁷ NimbleGen files, un-normalized
⁸ Any user-defined, delimited text files containing annotation or expression data.
⁹ Sequence reads.
¹⁰ As a template/reference.
¹¹ ArrayStar does not support ABI files without base calls.
¹² ArrayStar does not recognize features saved in *.mseq files as annotations.
¹³ Supported for SNP projects only.

File Types Exported By ArrayStar and QSeq

File Format	ArrayStar	QSeq
ArrayStar (*.dmaproj, *.astar)
Text files (*.txt)	1
Comma-delimited (*.csv)	1
Normalized signal values (*.chp)
Roche NimbleGen CALL-type files (*.txt)
GenVision projects (*.gnv, *.txt)		2,3
Wiggle (*.wig)		2,3
Alignment files (*.gff, *.bed)		2
Template (*.fas, *.gbk)
Sequences (*.fas)

¹Only available in Gene Table view.
²Must be selected in Configure Advanced Options before processing
³ Graphs