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#!perl -w
use strict;
# $Id: unflatten_seq.PLS,v 1.7 2006/07/04 22:23:29 mauricio Exp $
# Author Chris Mungall <cjm-at-bioperl.org>
=head1 NAME
unflatten_seq - unflatten a genbank or genbank-style feature file into
a nested SeqFeature hierarchy
=head1 SYNOPSIS
unflatten_seq.PLS -e 3 -gff ~/cvs/bioperl-live/t/data/AE003644_Adh-genomic.gb
unflatten_seq.PLS --detail ~/cvs/bioperl-live/t/data/AE003644_Adh-genomic.gb
unflatten_seq.PLS -i foo.embl --from embl --to chadoxml -o out.chado.xml
unflatten_seq.PLS --notypemap --detail --to asciitree -ethresh 2 AE003644_Adh-genomic.gb
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This script will B<unflatten> a genbank or genbank-style file of
SeqFeatures into a nested hierarchy.
See L<Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::Unflattener>
In a GenBank/EMBL representation, features are 'flat' - for example,
there is no link between an mRNA and a CDS, other than implicit links
(eg via tags or via splice site coordinates) which may be hard to code
for.
This is most easily illustrated with the default output format,
B<asciitree>
An unflattened genbank feature set may look like this (AB077698)
Seq: AB077698
databank_entry 1..2701[+]
gene
mRNA
CDS hCHCR-G 80..1144[+]
exon 80..1144[+]
five_prime_UTR 1..79[+]
located_sequence_feature 137..196[+]
located_sequence_feature 239..292[+]
located_sequence_feature 617..676[+]
located_sequence_feature 725..778[+]
three_prime_UTR 1145..2659[+]
polyA_site 1606..1606[+]
polyA_site 2660..2660[+]
Or like this (portion of AE003734)
gene
mRNA CG3320-RA
CDS CG3320-PA 53126..54971[-]
exon 52204..53323[-]
exon 53404..53631[-]
exon 53688..53735[-]
exon 53798..53918[-]
exon 54949..55287[-]
mRNA CG3320-RB
CDS CG3320-PB 53383..54971[-]
exon 52204..53631[-]
exon 53688..53735[-]
exon 53798..53918[-]
exon 54949..55287[-]
The unflattening will also 'normalize' the containment hierarchy (in
the sense of standardising it - e.g. making sure there is always a
transcript record, even if genbank just specifies CDS and gene)
By default, the GenBank types will be mapped to SO types
See L<Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::TypeMapper>
=head1 COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
=over
=item -i|input FILE
input file (can also be specified as last argument)
=item -from FORMAT
input format (defaults to genbank)
probably doesnt make so much sense to use this for non-flat formats;
ie other than embl/genbank
=item -to FORMAT
output format (defaults to asciitree)
should really be a format that is nested SeqFeature aware; I think
this is only asciitree, chadoxml and gff3
=item -gff
with export to GFF3 format (pre-3 GFFs make no sense with unflattened
sequences, as they have no set way of representing feature graphs)
=item -o|output FILE
outfile defaults to STDOUT
=item -detail
show extra detail on features (asciitree mode only)
=item -e|ethresh INT
sets the error threshold on unflattening
by default this script will throw a wobbly if it encounters weird
stuff in the genbank file - raise the error threshold to signal these
to be ignored (and reported on STDERR)
=item -nomagic
suppress use_magic in unflattening (see
L<Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::Unflattener>
=item -notypemap
suppress type mapping (see
L<Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::TypeMapper>
=back
=head1 TODO
L<Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::Unflattener> allows fine-grained control
over the unflattening process - need to add more options to allow this
control at the command line
=head1 FEEDBACK
=head2 Mailing Lists
User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other
Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to
the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.
bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists - About the mailing lists
=head2 Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track
of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via
email or the web:
=head1 AUTHOR
Chris Mungall E<lt>cjm-at-bioperl.orgE<gt>
=cut
use Bio::SeqIO;
use Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::Unflattener;
use Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::TypeMapper;
use Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::IDHandler;
use Bio::Tools::GFF;
use Getopt::Long;
my ($input,$from,$to,$output,$verbosity,$ethresh,$nomagic,$group_tag,$detail,
$notypemap);
$from = 'genbank';
$to = 'asciitree';
$ethresh = 3;
my $gff;
my @remove_types = ();
GetOptions(
'i|input:s' => \$input,
'from:s' => \$from,
'to:s' => \$to,
'o|output:s'=> \$output,
"verbosity|v=s"=>\$verbosity,
"ethresh|e=s"=>\$ethresh,
"remove_type=s@"=>\@remove_types,
"nomagic"=>\$nomagic,
"notypemap"=>\$notypemap,
"group_tag"=>\$group_tag,
"detail"=>\$detail,
"gff"=>\$gff,
"h|help"=>sub {
system("perldoc $0");
exit 0;
},
);
if ($to =~ /^gff/i) {
$gff = 1;
}
$input = $input || shift if @ARGV;
my $in = new Bio::SeqIO(-file => $input,
-format => $from);
my $out;
my @out_opt = $output ? (-file => ">$output") : ();
unless ($gff) {
$out = new Bio::SeqIO(-format=>$to, @out_opt);
$out->show_detail($detail) if $out->can("show_detail") && $detail;
}
my $unflattener = Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::Unflattener->new;
$unflattener->verbose($verbosity);
$unflattener->error_threshold($ethresh);
my $tm = Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::TypeMapper->new;
my $idhandler = Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::IDHandler->new;
while( my $seq = $in->next_seq ) {
$unflattener->remove_types(-seq=>$seq,
-types=>\@remove_types)
if @remove_types;
$unflattener->unflatten_seq(-seq=>$seq,
-use_magic=>!$nomagic,
-group_tag=>$group_tag,
);
$unflattener->report_problems(\*STDERR);
$tm->map_types_to_SO(-seq=>$seq) unless $notypemap;
my @seq_args = ($seq);
if ($to eq 'chadoxml') {
@seq_args = (-seq=>$seq, -nounflatten=>1)
}
if ($gff) {
my $gffio = Bio::Tools::GFF->new(@out_opt, -noparse=>1, -gff_version => 3);
$idhandler->set_ParentIDs_from_hierarchy($seq);
foreach my $feature ($seq->get_all_SeqFeatures) {
$gffio->write_feature($feature);
}
$gffio->close();
}
else {
$out->write_seq(@seq_args);
}
}
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