Vipin and Jennifer: Thank you both very much for your helpful information here!
Sincerely, Lindsay On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Vipin TS <vipin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am the author for "fml_gff3togtf" tool package, currently merged into > our instance at > http://galaxy.cbio.mskcc.org, The tool can be accessed with following > link: https://galaxy.cbio.mskcc.org/tool_runner?tool_id=fml_gff2bed > > --/Vipin > Sloan-Kettering Institute > <http://galaxy.cbio.mskcc.org> > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Jennifer Jackson <j...@bx.psu.edu> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> There are no tools directly on the public Galaxy site to transform a GFF3 >> dataset into a BED12 dataset. However, the Tool Shed has a repository >> called ' fml_gff3togtf' that includes a tool for this purpose, for use in a >> local install. The description is a bit bothersome in that it a slightly >> incorrect datatype statement, so be sure to test out the results. (the word >> "wiggle" has no place in this statement: " >> gff3_to_bed_converter.py: This tool converts gene transcript annotation from >> GFF3 format to UCSC wiggle 12 column BED format.") >> http://getgalaxy.org >> http://usegalaxy.org/toolshed >> >> I see your post at Biostar, and it might be helpful to let you know what >> a BED12 file represents (plus I'll post this there, may help others): >> http://www.biostars.org/p/85869/ >> >> A BED12 file describes the complete, often spliced, alignment of a >> sequence to a reference genome. This does not include minor base variation, >> it is a macro alignment. You can think of each of the blocks as being >> "exons", although there is no magic here - if the sequence or genome had >> quality problems, or significant variation (large insertion or deletion), >> that could cause the alignment to fragment as well. >> Here is the data description: >> http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#Bed >> >> To see examples, at UCSC (genome.ucsc.edu), EST or mRNA track will have >> this as the primary table format. All gene track can also be in BED12 >> format, or in a related one, genePred: >> http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format9 >> >> UCSC also has line-command utilities to convert between the formats, >> pre-compiled versions are here: >> http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#source_downloads >> >> Either way, you can convert the data, then load up into the public Galaxy >> (usegalaxy.org) and proceed with your analysis. BEDTools works well with >> BED12 files. There is definitely information loss attempting to transform >> BED6 -> BED12, as the global alignment is lost. And adjusting attributes >> such as score or name are often a preference, so you can alter these >> however you want, as long as the attribute formatting rules for the columns >> are followed. >> >> Hopefully this helps, >> >> Jen >> Galaxy team >> >> >> >> On 11/9/13 3:29 PM, lrutter @iastate.edu wrote: >> >> Hello Galaxy: >> >> I am trying overall to convert a .gff3 file to 12-column .bed file. >> >> I first tried GFF-to-BED converter, but it gave a 6-column .bed file. >> >> Then, I tried BED-to-bigBed converter by inputting the 6-column .bed >> file. I get an error "Unspecified genome build, click the pencil icon in >> the history item to set the genome build". >> >> So, I click the pencil icon, and see 4 tabs at the top. I set the >> "Attributes" tab as in the attached image (Attributes.png). >> >> But then, when I select "Convert Format", I am only seeing an option >> that outputs .bed12 file as "Convert Genomic Intervals to Strict BED12". I >> am a bit confused about this because I specified the input file as a .bed >> file (and not genomic intervals, unless I am misunderstanding something). >> >> In any case, when I select "Convert Genomic Intervals to Strict BED12", >> I do get a .bed file with 12 columns. But I would like to ask if I may have >> lost information going from the .gff3 to .bed(6) to .bed(12)? >> >> (I feel that scores were all set to "0" from .gff3 to .bed(6), and >> columns 10, 11, 12 (block counts, sizes, and starting positions) were all >> set to zero going from .bed(6) to .bed(12)). >> >> If I am correct that there is information loss, is there a system in >> Galaxy to prevent this, and transfer as much information as possible from >> .gff3 to .bed(12)? >> >> Thank you. >> L. Rutter >> >> ** Below is a head of my three files (the species is P. dominula): >> >> .gff3 file >> >> ##gff-version 3 >> ##date Mon Nov 4 14:54:42 2013 >> ##source gbrowse gbgff gff3 dumper >> PdomScaf0001 maker gene 15 1963 . - . >> Name=PdomGene00025;ID=1;Dbxref=MAKER:maker-PdomScaf0001-snap-gene-0.274 >> PdomScaf0001 maker mRNA 15 1963 . - . >> Name=PdomMRNA00025.1;Parent=1;ID=2;_QI=216%7C0%7C0.2%7C0.6%7C0.5%7C0.6%7C5%7C0%7C98;_eAED=0.43;_AED=0.43;Dbxref=MAKER:maker-PdomScaf0001-snap-gene-0.274-mRNA-1 >> PdomScaf0001 maker exon 15 100 -0.094 - . >> Parent=2;ID=3 >> PdomScaf0001 maker CDS 15 100 . - 2 >> Parent=2;ID=4 >> PdomScaf0001 maker exon 223 300 21.8 - . >> Parent=2;ID=5 >> PdomScaf0001 maker CDS 223 300 . - 2 >> Parent=2;ID=6 >> PdomScaf0001 maker exon 717 765 22.4 - . >> Parent=2;ID=7 >> >> .bed(6) file >> >> PdomScaf0001 14 1963 gene 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 14 1963 mRNA 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 14 100 exon 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 14 100 CDS 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 222 300 exon 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 222 300 CDS 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 716 765 exon 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 716 765 CDS 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 906 947 exon 0 - >> PdomScaf0001 906 947 CDS 0 - >> >> .bed(12) file >> >> PdomScaf0001 14 1963 gene 0 - 14 1963 >> 0 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 14 1963 mRNA 0 - 14 1963 0 >> 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 14 100 exon 0 - 14 100 0 >> 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 14 100 CDS 0 - 14 100 >> 0 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 222 300 exon 0 - 222 300 0 >> 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 222 300 CDS 0 - 222 300 0 >> 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 716 765 exon 0 - 716 765 0 >> 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 716 765 CDS 0 - 716 765 0 >> 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 906 947 exon 0 - 906 947 >> 0 0 , , >> PdomScaf0001 906 947 CDS 0 - 906 947 0 >> 0 , , >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" >> in your mail client. 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