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  • Input files for the Celera Assembler?

    Hi,

    I have sequence reads as a fasta file with a fasta quality file. I am converting these into .frg input for the Celera Assembler (CA) using AMOS,

    Code:
    toAmos -s test.fasta -q test.qual -o test.afg
    and then:

    Code:
    amos2frg -i test.afg

    However, the above strategy does not recognize the 'mate pairs' in my data (paired end reads) that are 'linked' using the St Louis naming convention (basically read0012.b is pared with read0012.g, the .b and the .g denoting the forward and the backward read, respectively).

    On the AMOS mailing list I got a reply to a similar question from Sven Klages, which told me that CA is usually passed a separate "linkage information" file in addition to the .frg input created above. His suggestion was to create linkage data in 'Trace Archive' format*, and then convert that to input for CA using AMOS again.

    Has anyone tackled this problem before? Is there any code 'off the shelf' to create the mate pair data?


    * http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/t...#header-global


    Cheers,
    Dan.


    P.S. Any other good mailing lists for sequence assembly?

    If you know any, I'll add them here:

    Homepage: Dan Bolser
    MetaBase the database of biological databases.

  • #2
    Are you planning to use the Celera assembler with short reads? Because I don't think it would work very well.

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    • #3
      @Dan,

      my suggestion was to either use the bambus mate pair output or a TraceArchive formatted XML file for use with "toAmos", like

      $ toAmos -s x.fasta -q x.qual -m test.mates -o test.a.afg

      or

      $ toAmos -s x.fasta -q x.qual -x test.xml -o test.a.afg

      but, of course, you have to create these files before.

      It is probably the easiest way to write your own "your_data2TraceArchive.pl" and then convert it to whatever you want, e.g. CA format using "tracedb-to-frg.pl".

      @new300,

      Celera Assembler has been optimised for at least 454FLX length reads; I have used it for shorter GS20 as well, but it may fail. All these assemblies were hybrid assemblies, not 454-only ones.

      hth,
      Sven

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      • #4
        Originally posted by sklages View Post
        Celera Assembler has been optimised for at least 454FLX length reads; I have used it for shorter GS20 as well, but it may fail. All these assemblies were hybrid assemblies, not 454-only ones.
        That's interesting, I'm surprised it copes with the elevated indel/homopolymer run error rate.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by sklages View Post
          @Dan,

          my suggestion was to either use the bambus mate pair output or a TraceArchive formatted XML file for use with "toAmos", like

          $ toAmos -s x.fasta -q x.qual -m test.mates -o test.a.afg

          or

          $ toAmos -s x.fasta -q x.qual -x test.xml -o test.a.afg

          but, of course, you have to create these files before.

          It is probably the easiest way to write your own "your_data2TraceArchive.pl" and then convert it to whatever you want, e.g. CA format using "tracedb-to-frg.pl".
          Yeah, that's what I'm struggling with... Any reference for the bambus format on the off chance that its simpler? I can't help thinking there is a canned solution in the AMOS docs if only I could find it.
          Homepage: Dan Bolser
          MetaBase the database of biological databases.

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          • #6
            Seems the Bambus docs will help:

            Homepage: Dan Bolser
            MetaBase the database of biological databases.

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            • #7
              Yeah, that's what I wanted to send just about now


              Btw,. I meant Bambus *input* not output ...

              cheers,
              Sven

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              • #8
                Sadly it doesn't seem to be working...

                Code:
                toAmos -s x.fasta -q x.qual  -o a.afg
                Code:
                toAmos -s x.fasta -q x.qual -m test.mates -o b.afg

                Gives:

                Code:
                diff a.afg b.afg
                5c5
                < Thu Dec  4 12:24:40 2008
                ---
                > Thu Dec  4 12:27:07 2008
                Following the info on the link I set test.mates to the following:

                Code:
                pair	\W+\.b\.abi	\W+\.g\.abi
                Their is no error on either command.
                Homepage: Dan Bolser
                MetaBase the database of biological databases.

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                • #9
                  I should try before I reply... Setting test.mates to

                  Code:
                  pair	\.b\.abi	\.g\.abi
                  Seems to have had the desired effect!

                  Now I just need to rerun the assembly and check in hawkeye.
                  Homepage: Dan Bolser
                  MetaBase the database of biological databases.

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                  • #10
                    Code:
                    pair    \W+\.b\.abi    \W+\.g\.abi
                    If this is a perl RE "\W+" means, "everything but chars, digits and _"; that is
                    probably not what you want.

                    Your sample name looks like this: 065I03X00001.b.abi

                    better this way (\t as separator):
                    Code:
                     pair  (.*)\.b\.abi$ (.*)\.g\.abi$
                    hth,
                    Sven

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by new300 View Post
                      Are you planning to use the Celera assembler with short reads? Because I don't think it would work very well.
                      Have a look here,

                      Discussion of any scientific study related to high content or next generation genomics. Whole genome association, metagenomics, digital gene expression, etc.
                      Homepage: Dan Bolser
                      MetaBase the database of biological databases.

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                      • #12
                        How to create frg file from SRA data ?

                        I want to run Celera Assembler usign SRA 454 data, but SRA doesn't provide sff data. They only provide FASTA and FASTQ.
                        So, how should I do ? I could do this by coverting FASTQ to FASTA and quality file and then converting them to frg file, but this is so roundabout and also I must write some scripts. Let me know if you have any idea for this issue.

                        thanks in advance
                        Last edited by gengen; 06-20-2009, 08:24 PM. Reason: mistype

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                        • #13
                          To all members

                          Dear All

                          My pcr assay has suddenly began producing these curious strutures-- I have attached an image to show this effect. Can anyone explain please what mat be going on and what I can do to get rid of it. Before this the pcr was working fine.
                          Attached Files

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                          • #14
                            To all members

                            I have attached a further 2 images showing this effect.
                            Attached Files

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                            • #15
                              @gengen,

                              Have a look at Celera Input Formatting

                              Sven
                              Last edited by sklages; 06-21-2009, 02:13 AM. Reason: multiple issues in one thread

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