Hello,
The GFF format specifies that the first column of data must be: "seqname 
- The name of the sequence. Must be a chromosome or scaffold." Meaning, 
a base chromosome or scaffold in the target assembly. Here is the GFF 
format FAQ http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat#format3

Lines will fail to load when the first column is not an exact name match 
for one of the 14 base chromosomes in this target assembly. From the 
example, it looks as if you have "apidb|chr1" instead of "chr1". This is 
where your load failed  - on the first line of uncommented content with 
seqname formatted differently than expected.

As a test, using just chr1 and following the seqname rules, I took the 
first full chr1 line plus the first 3 lines representing data on chr1 
and altered them. I also double checked that I had tabs between the data 
columns (important). The load worked.

track name=test description="Test GFF"
chr1    ApiDB    supercontig    1    643292    .    +    .    
ID=apidb|MAL1;Name=MAL1;description=MAL1;size=643292;web_id=MAL1;molecule_type=dsDNA;organism_name=Plasmodium
 
falciparum;translation_table=11;topology=linear;localization=nuclear;Dbxref=ApiDB_PlasmoDB:MAL1,GenBank:NC_004325,taxon:36329
chr1    ApiDB    gene    474888    477036    .    +    .    
ID=apidb|MAL1_18s;Name=MAL1_18s;description=18s+rRNA+A-type;size=2149;web_id=MAL1_18s;locus_tag=MAL1_18s;size=2149
chr1    ApiDB    rRNA    474888    477036    .    +    .    
ID=apidb|rna_MAL1_18s-1;Name=MAL1_18s-1;description=18s+rRNA+A-type;size=2149;Parent=apidb|MAL1_18s;Dbxref=ApiDB_PlasmoDB:MAL1_18s,Sanger:MAL1_18s,taxon:36329
chr1    ApiDB    exon    474888    477036    .    +    .    
ID=apidb|exon_MAL1_18s-1;Name=exon;description=exon;size=2149;Parent=apidb|rna_MAL1_18s-1

Try this formatting change and let us know if you continue to have problems.

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Jennifer Jackson
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group

Wonjong Moon wrote:
> Hello, I was trying to upload custrom track gff file to  P. falciparum
> (Plasmodium falciparum) Genome Browser Gateway
> http://areslab.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgCustom
>
> I want to use newer P.falciparum sequence file.
>
> I downloaded this p.falciparum 5.5 gff file from
> http://plasmodb.org/common/downloads/release-5.5/Pfalciparum/Pfalciparum
> _PlasmoDB-5.5.gff 
> And changed MAL1 to chr1, MAL2 to chr2, and so on.
> I uploaded the gff file to to  P. falciparum (Plasmodium falciparum)
> Genome Browser Gateway, but got an error.
>
>   Error File 'Pfalciparum_PlasmoDB-5.5chr.gff' - Unrecognized format
> line 24 of custom track: apidb|chr1 ApiDB supercontig 1 643292 . + .
> ID=apidb|chr1;Name=chr1;description=chr1;size=643292;web_id=chr1;molecul
> e_type=dsDNA;organism_name=Plasmodium
> falciparum;translation_table=11;topology=linear;localization=nuclear;Dbx
> ref=ApiDB_PlasmoDB:chr1,GenBank:NC_004325,taxon:36329 (note: chrom names
> are case sensitive)
>
> Unmodified gff file also got the same error message. 
>
> Is it possible to use P.falciparum gff file with
> http://areslab.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgCustom ? Or should I install a local
> genome browser and customize it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wonjong.
>
> SBRI.
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