The GSA file extension is used to refer to saved alignment files in the GeneStudio software program. The GSA file extension is also used on the Microsoft Office suite, 2007 to refer to Microsoft Groove templates or working space archive files. GSA files can be edited with the appropriate software.
. The file extension .gsa is the default document format attached to the alignment file of the GeneStudio, which is a software program that is designed for the utilization of molecular biologists. The file extension .gsa stores the information regarding the alignment of DNA, including the translation to proteins, which is based on the format of XML. The .gsa file extension supported application is described as a collection of modern programs for molecular biology, which can be executed on a Microsoft Windows Operating System platform implementing the SeqVerter conversion engine format sequences.The manipulations made on various sequences of different formats are transparent to the user and achieved seamlessly. The file extension .gsa is integrated with Internet based information for molecular biologists via the convenient interface provided by Entrez, which provides the capability of searching GenBank for retrieval of choice sequences. The retrieved sequences can be directly applied to the file extension .gsa for the creation of a contig assembly project. The intuitive capabilities of the software application allow for the utilization of drag and drop functionality, as well as one click searching facility. Compared to currently available applications in its category, which are command line or web utility based, or those, which execute under a UNIX environment, the .gsa file extension program can be mastered in a relatively shorter time frame.