[Biopython-dev] Fwd: [Gmod-schema] GFF3 Is_circular

Peter peter at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Jul 14 16:27:55 UTC 2010


Hi Brad,

Something to be aware of for GFF work - the spec finally has explicit
support for circular genomes :)

Peter

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From: Andrew McArthur <amcarthur at mac.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Subject: [Gmod-schema] GFF3 Is_circular
To: gmod-schema at lists.sourceforge.net


Hello all,
The definition of GFF3 at the Sequence Ontology site
(http://www.sequenceontology.org/gff3.shtml) now has format
definitions for supporting circular molecules such as plasmids or
bacterial genomes.  This is done using a new Is_circular flag in the
GFF3 attributes field.  Notably, "For features that cross the origin
of a circular feature (e.g. most bacterial genomes, plasmids, and some
viral genomes), the requirement for start to be less than or equal to
end is satisfied by making end = the position of the end + the length
of the landmark feature."
Are Chado 1.1 and gmod_bulk_load_gff3.pl supporting this change to
GFF3 or should I wait before changing my GFF3 files?
Thanks,
Andrew McArthur

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