DataFormat

Sequence Properties

Applies to:  Sequence and Sequence Collection

Description

The Sequence_Properties format will output a table with one sequence on each row and with columns containing information about different sequence properties chosen by the user.

Example of properties output with the format string "name, gene name, organism name, chromosome, genomic start, genomic end" (with header)
#name               gene name    organism name    chromosome    genomic start   genomic end ENSG00000035403     VCL          Human            10            75425878        75428077 ENSG00000100345     MYH9         Human            22            35113759        35115958 ENSG00000107796     ACTA2        Human            10            90702310        90704509 ENSG00000130176     CNN1         Human            19            11508579        11510778 ENSMUSG00000017167  Cntnap1      Mouse            11            101168523       101170722

Arguments

NameDescription
Format This parameter specifies which sequence properties to include in the output as an ordered, comma-separated list of property names. Note that standard properties are case-insensitive, but user-defined properties are case-sensitive!

Standard sequence properties include:
  • name
  • gene name
  • chromosome
  • genomic start
  • genomic end
  • TSS[0]-relative start
  • TSS[0]-relative end
  • TES[0]-relative start
  • TES[0]-relative end
  • TSS[1]-relative start
  • TSS[1]-relative end
  • TES[1]-relative start
  • TES[1]-relative end
  • TSS
  • TES
  • length
  • organism ID
  • organism name
  • organism latin name
  • genome build
  • orientation
  • orientation string
  • orientation sign
The genomic coordinates returned by genomic start, genomic end, TSS and TES assumes that the chromosome starts at position 1, but it is possible to return zero-based coordinates by adding the suffix "[0]" directly behind these properties. E.g. the property "genomic start[0]" will return a number which is one less than the regular "genomic start". The "TSS/TES[n]-relative" coordinates returns the start or end of the sequence relative to the position of TSS or TES. If the number within the brackets is 0, the position of TSS/TES will be 0 with downstream bases having increasing positive coordinates and upstream bases having increasing negative coordinates. If the number in the brackets is [1], the position of TSS/TES is +1, the immediate downstream base is at +2 and the immediate upstream base is at -1 (hence, the counting skips 0 and goes directly from -1 to +1 at TSS/TES).
Separator This parameter specifies how to separate the sequence properties on each line in the output. The character chosen as the separator will replace the commas in the format string above. Valid options for the separator are "TAB" (default), "Comma", "Semicolon", "Colon" and "Vertical bar".
List-separator Some sequence properties may be represented by lists (e.g. GO-terms). The "List-separator" parameter specifies how to separate the entries in such lists. Valid options are "Comma" (default), "TAB", "Semicolon", "Colon" and "Vertical bar". Note that this separator should be different from the separator used to separate the sequence properties that are output.
Header If this option is selected, a header line starting with # will be included at the beginning of the output. The header line describes which sequence properties are included.

See Also: output, Motif_Properties, Module_Properties, Properties