Hi,

I'm trying to retrieve regions that are aligned to oRegAnno annotations 
in several species. Initially I've started with mouse. I can use the 
UCSC DAS capability to retrieve the oRegAnno features and retrieve the 
DNA sequences for them. I can't work out how to get to bases in other 
species using DAS or any other method that I can script.

I found this advice from Jennifer Jackson in an old post on this newsgroup:
> Using the tools at UCSC, the Table Browser will return blocks of Conservation 
> MAF results, but not specific bases. However, by sending the data over to 
> Galaxy, "slices" of the Conservation track's MAF alignment can be retrieved 
> in batch using a custom track of intervals (down to a single base). 
> 
> To do this:
> 
> 1) Create and load a custom track in BED format of the genome positions of 
> interest
> 2) Send the custom track to Galaxy by extracting it from the Table browser 
> and checking Galaxy as the output choice
> 3) Send of the Conservation track's MAF alignment data to Galaxy using same 
> method (you may need to subset this by chromosome to improve 
> speed/performance)
> 3) Use the Galaxy tools: Fetch Alignments -> Extract MAF blocks given a set 
> of genomic intervals
> 
> UCSC help is as follows:
> 
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html#CustomTracks
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html#TableBrowser
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat#format1
> http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/index.php/Coordinate_Transforms
> 
> Galaxy help is available at their web site if you have questions about the 
> tools. 
> 

I tried this but it took hours just to load the conservation track for 
mouse chromosome 10 into galaxy. I have several organisms, each with 
many chromosomes. Is there a better way to do it? It's frustrating 
because with a few clicks on the Genome Browser web interface I can 
retrieve the information I need for one particular region but I can't 
work out how to write a script to retrieve it.

Thanks in advance,
John.

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