SEQUENCING PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN AN X WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT - AN INTRODUCTION
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13/04/92 to 14/04/92
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Presented by Trevor Hawkins
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This two day course will give an practical introduction to the program XDAP
(Dear S and Staden R Nucleic Acids Research 19 3907-3911 (1991)).
XDAP is a new version of Rodger Staden's Sequence Assembly Program
(SAP) much enhanced to make full use of features available in an X windows
environment.
The course will use data from ABI 373A and Pharmacia A.L.F. fluorescent
sequencing machines, but it should be stressed that XDAP also handles
conventionally derived data and hence replaces SAP for those working in an
X windows environment.
The course will be run at the HGMP Resource Centre in Harrow. It is free to
all registered HGMP users. If you are a UK researcher in an appropriate field,
it is very likely that you are eligible to be a registered HGMP user
(registration is free). There should be plenty of time to register as an HGMP
user before the start of this course. For people who are not HGMP registered
users, course fees of 200 pounds per day will apply.
HGMP registered users have free access to a wide range of computing facilities
(including training courses). Facilities include a comprehensive range of
software and sequence and information databases. A number of the facilities
provided are not generally available elsewhere, including the GDB and OMIM
databases and login access to machines outside JANET (particularly useful
for obtaining public domain software and data from the USA). To register as an
HGMP user and/or to book a place on this course, please contact:
Mrs Christine Bates,
HGMP Resource Centre,
Clinical Research Centre,
Watford Road,
HARROW,
MIDDX HA1 3UJ.
Tel: 081 869 3446
FAX: 081 869 3807
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PROVISIONAL COURSE TIMETABLE.
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Monday 13/04/92:
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09:30 - 11:00 An introduction to the ABI and ALF automatic sequencing
machines.
Transferring sequence data from the automatic sequencer to
the system upon which the data will be analysed.
11:00 - 13:00 Splitting the multi-sequence data files generated by the
automatic sequencers into single sequence data files.
"Clipping" the sequences. This involves, inspecting the trace
data produced by the automatic sequencer and the derived
sequences simultaneously. Regions at either end of each
sequence, where the reliability of the raw data is poor, are
marked and disregarded when overlaps between sequences are
sought.
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 17:30 Creation of a new sequencing project database.
Automatic entry of new sequence data into a sequencing
project database to form overlapping sets of sequences
(CONTIGS).
Inspection of the contigs.
Tuesday 14/04/92:
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09:30 - 13:00 Editing a sequencing project database, including:
- Editing the contigs to correct the CONSENSUS sequence
(raw automatic sequencer data can be veiwed during
this process as well as the sequences in the CONTIG).
- Reevaluation of "clipped" sequence regions (see above).
Once a sequence has been positioned in a CONTIG, the
"clipped" regions can be veiwed and their value
reassessed. "Clipped" sequence that is seen to conform
convincingly with the aligned sequences of the CONTIG
may be "unclipped".
- Joining two overlapping CONTIGS. Sometimes the automatic
CONTIG assembler will create two separate CONTIGS but
also indicate a possible overlap. If the user considers
the overlap to be sufficiently convincing, it is
possible to join the two CONTIGS "manually".
- Complementing a CONTIG. Sometimes required before two
CONTIGS can be joined.
Checking the accuracy of the CONSENSUS sequences of CONTIGS.
Identifying suitable primer sequences within a CONTIG.
Tagging and commenting features of interest in a CONTIG.
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 16:00 Copying of CONSENSUS sequences from a sequencing project
database for further analysis.
A general look at the analysis of CONSENSUS sequences using
other programs of the X windows version of the Staden
package.
A brief look at the C. elegans database (ACEDB).
A description of the installation of the software on a
variety of computers.
