Hello Angela, See this link on our wiki for more information about the chain format: http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/chain.html
You probably need to change the permissions to make it executable as per the instructions on this page: http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/ Then when you type the name of the file, you will get a usage statement. Here is more information that you may find useful: http://genomewiki.cse.ucsc.edu/index.php/Chains_Nets http://genomewiki.cse.ucsc.edu/index.php/Minimal_Steps_For_LiftOver I hope this is helpful to you. Please don't hesitate to contact us again if you require further assistance. Kayla Smith UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear staff, > > I'm interested to use the liftOver tool locally on Linux platform. I > have two types of questions: > 1. How should I interpret the over.chain liftOver conversion files > (hg17ToHg18.over.chain.gz)? Is there any readme describing the content? > 2. How should I execute the file liftOver.linux.i386? > > Thank you of your attention. > > Best > > Angela Re > > > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
