
                                extractseq 



Function

   Extract regions from a sequence

Description

   extractseq allows you to specify one or more regions of a sequence to
   extract sub-sequences from to build up a contiguous resulting
   sequence.

   This is modelled on the cell's process of splicing out exons from
   mRNA, but the program is generally applicable to any cutting and
   splicing or editing operation on a single sequence.

   extractseq reads in a sequence and a set of regions of that sequence
   as specified by pairs of start and end positions (either on the
   command-line or contained in a file) and writes out the specified
   regions of the input sequence in the order in which they have been
   specified. Thus, if the sequence "AAAGGGTTT" has been input and the
   regions: "7-9, 3-4" have been specified, then the output sequence will
   be: "TTTAG".

Usage

   Here is a sample session with extractseq

   Extract the region from position 10 to 20:


% extractseq tembl:x65923 result.seq -regions '10-20' 
Extract regions from a sequence

   Go to the input files for this example
   Go to the output files for this example

   Example 2

   Extract the regions 10 to 20, 30 to 45, 533 to 537:


% extractseq tembl:x65921 result2.seq -regions '10-20 30-45 533-537' 
Extract regions from a sequence

   Go to the input files for this example
   Go to the output files for this example

   Example 3

   Extract the regions 782-856, 951-1095, 1557-1612 and 1787-1912:


% extractseq tembl:x65921 -reg "782..856,951..1095,1557..1612,1787..1912" stdou
t 
Extract regions from a sequence

>X65921 X65921.1 H.sapiens fau 1 gene
atgcagctctttgtccgcgcccaggagctacacaccttcgaggtgaccggccaggaaacg
gtcgcccagatcaaggctcatgtagcctcactggagggcattgccccggaagatcaagtc
gtgctcctggcaggcgcgcccctggaggatgaggccactctgggccagtgcggggtggag
gccctgactaccctggaagtagcaggccgcatgcttggaggtaaagtccatggttccctg
gcccgtgctggaaaagtgagaggtcagactcctaaggtggccaaacaggagaagaagaag
aagaagacaggtcgggctaagcggcggatgcagtacaaccggcgctttgtcaacgttgtg
cccacctttggcaagaagaagggccccaatgccaactcttaa

   Example 4

   Extract the regions 782-856, 951-1095, 1557-1612 and 1787-1912 all to
   separate output sequences:


% extractseq tembl:x65921 -reg "782..856,951..1095,1557..1612,1787..1912" stdou
t -separate 
Extract regions from a sequence

>X65921_782_856 H.sapiens fau 1 gene
atgcagctctttgtccgcgcccaggagctacacaccttcgaggtgaccggccaggaaacg
gtcgcccagatcaag
>X65921_951_1095 H.sapiens fau 1 gene
gctcatgtagcctcactggagggcattgccccggaagatcaagtcgtgctcctggcaggc
gcgcccctggaggatgaggccactctgggccagtgcggggtggaggccctgactaccctg
gaagtagcaggccgcatgcttggag
>X65921_1557_1612 H.sapiens fau 1 gene
gtaaagtccatggttccctggcccgtgctggaaaagtgagaggtcagactcctaag
>X65921_1787_1912 H.sapiens fau 1 gene
gtggccaaacaggagaagaagaagaagaagacaggtcgggctaagcggcggatgcagtac
aaccggcgctttgtcaacgttgtgcccacctttggcaagaagaagggccccaatgccaac
tcttaa

Command line arguments

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          sequence   Sequence filename and optional format, or
                                  reference (input USA)
   -regions            range      [Whole sequence] Regions to extract.
                                  A set of regions is specified by a set of
                                  pairs of positions.
                                  The positions are integers.
                                  They are separated by any non-digit,
                                  non-alpha character.
                                  Examples of region specifications are:
                                  24-45, 56-78
                                  1:45, 67=99;765..888
                                  1,5,8,10,23,45,57,99
  [-outseq]            seqoutall  [.] Sequence set(s)
                                  filename and optional format (output USA)

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -separate           boolean    [N] If this is set true then each specified
                                  region is written out as a separate
                                  sequence. The name of the sequence is
                                  created from the name of the original
                                  sequence with the start and end positions of
                                  the range appended with underscore
                                  characters between them, eg: XYZ region 2 to
                                  34 is written as: XYZ_2_34

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:

   "-sequence" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of the sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of the sequence to be used
   -sreverse1          boolean    Reverse (if DNA)
   -sask1              boolean    Ask for begin/end/reverse
   -snucleotide1       boolean    Sequence is nucleotide
   -sprotein1          boolean    Sequence is protein
   -slower1            boolean    Make lower case
   -supper1            boolean    Make upper case
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -sdbname1           string     Database name
   -sid1               string     Entryname
   -ufo1               string     UFO features
   -fformat1           string     Features format
   -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

   "-outseq" associated qualifiers
   -osformat2          string     Output seq format
   -osextension2       string     File name extension
   -osname2            string     Base file name
   -osdirectory2       string     Output directory
   -osdbname2          string     Database name to add
   -ossingle2          boolean    Separate file for each entry
   -oufo2              string     UFO features
   -offormat2          string     Features format
   -ofname2            string     Features file name
   -ofdirectory2       string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read standard input, write standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages

Input file format

   extractseq reads a normal sequence USA.

  Input files for usage example

   'tembl:x65923' is a sequence entry in the example nucleic acid
   database 'tembl'

  Database entry: tembl:x65923

ID   X65923; SV 1; linear; mRNA; STD; HUM; 518 BP.
XX
AC   X65923;
XX
DT   13-MAY-1992 (Rel. 31, Created)
DT   18-APR-2005 (Rel. 83, Last updated, Version 11)
XX
DE   H.sapiens fau mRNA
XX
KW   fau gene.
XX
OS   Homo sapiens (human)
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia
;
OC   Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae;
OC   Homo.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1-518
RA   Michiels L.M.R.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (29-APR-1992) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   L.M.R. Michiels, University of Antwerp, Dept of Biochemistry,
RL   Universiteisplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BELGIUM
XX
RN   [2]
RP   1-518
RX   PUBMED; 8395683.
RA   Michiels L., Van der Rauwelaert E., Van Hasselt F., Kas K., Merregaert J.;
RT   " fau cDNA encodes a ubiquitin-like-S30 fusion protein and is expressed as
RT   an antisense sequences in the Finkel-Biskis-Reilly murine sarcoma virus";
RL   Oncogene 8(9):2537-2546(1993).
XX
DR   H-InvDB; HIT000322806.
XX
FH   Key             Location/Qualifiers
FH
FT   source          1..518
FT                   /organism="Homo sapiens"
FT                   /chromosome="11q"
FT                   /map="13"
FT                   /mol_type="mRNA"
FT                   /clone_lib="cDNA"
FT                   /clone="pUIA 631"
FT                   /tissue_type="placenta"
FT                   /db_xref="taxon:9606"
FT   misc_feature    57..278
FT                   /note="ubiquitin like part"
FT   CDS             57..458
FT                   /gene="fau"
FT                   /db_xref="GDB:135476"
FT                   /db_xref="GOA:P35544"
FT                   /db_xref="GOA:P62861"
FT                   /db_xref="HGNC:3597"
FT                   /db_xref="UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:P35544"
FT                   /db_xref="UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:P62861"
FT                   /protein_id="CAA46716.1"
FT                   /translation="MQLFVRAQELHTFEVTGQETVAQIKAHVASLEGIAPEDQVVLLA
G
FT                   APLEDEATLGQCGVEALTTLEVAGRMLGGKVHGSLARAGKVRGQTPKVAKQEKKKKKT
G
FT                   RAKRRMQYNRRFVNVVPTFGKKKGPNANS"
FT   misc_feature    98..102
FT                   /note="nucleolar localization signal"
FT   misc_feature    279..458
FT                   /note="S30 part"
FT   polyA_signal    484..489
FT   polyA_site      509
XX
SQ   Sequence 518 BP; 125 A; 139 C; 148 G; 106 T; 0 other;
     ttcctctttc tcgactccat cttcgcggta gctgggaccg ccgttcagtc gccaatatgc        6
0
     agctctttgt ccgcgcccag gagctacaca ccttcgaggt gaccggccag gaaacggtcg       12
0
     cccagatcaa ggctcatgta gcctcactgg agggcattgc cccggaagat caagtcgtgc       18
0
     tcctggcagg cgcgcccctg gaggatgagg ccactctggg ccagtgcggg gtggaggccc       24
0
     tgactaccct ggaagtagca ggccgcatgc ttggaggtaa agttcatggt tccctggccc       30
0
     gtgctggaaa agtgagaggt cagactccta aggtggccaa acaggagaag aagaagaaga       36
0
     agacaggtcg ggctaagcgg cggatgcagt acaaccggcg ctttgtcaac gttgtgccca       42
0
     cctttggcaa gaagaagggc cccaatgcca actcttaagt cttttgtaat tctggctttc       48
0
     tctaataaaa aagccactta gttcagtcaa aaaaaaaa                               51
8
//

  Input files for usage example 2

  Database entry: tembl:x65921

ID   X65921; SV 1; linear; genomic DNA; STD; HUM; 2016 BP.
XX
AC   X65921; S45242;
XX
DT   13-MAY-1992 (Rel. 31, Created)
DT   14-NOV-2006 (Rel. 89, Last updated, Version 7)
XX
DE   H.sapiens fau 1 gene
XX
KW   fau 1 gene.
XX
OS   Homo sapiens (human)
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia
;
OC   Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae;
OC   Homo.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1-2016
RA   Kas K.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (29-APR-1992) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   K. Kas, University of Antwerp, Dept of Biochemistry T3.22,
RL   Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, BELGIUM
XX
RN   [2]
RP   1-2016
RX   DOI; 10.1016/0006-291X(92)91286-Y.
RX   PUBMED; 1326960.
RA   Kas K., Michiels L., Merregaert J.;
RT   "Genomic structure and expression of the human fau gene: encoding the
RT   ribosomal protein S30 fused to a ubiquitin-like protein.";
RL   Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 187(2):927-933(1992).
XX
DR   GDB; 191789.
DR   GDB; 191790.
DR   GDB; 354872.
DR   GDB; 4590236.
XX
FH   Key             Location/Qualifiers
FH
FT   source          1..2016
FT                   /organism="Homo sapiens"
FT                   /mol_type="genomic DNA"
FT                   /clone_lib="CML cosmid"
FT                   /clone="15.1"
FT                   /db_xref="taxon:9606"
FT   mRNA            join(408..504,774..856,951..1095,1557..1612,1787..>1912)
FT                   /gene="fau 1"
FT   exon            408..504
FT                   /number=1


  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

FT                   RAKRRMQYNRRFVNVVPTFGKKKGPNANS"
FT   intron          857..950
FT                   /number=2
FT   exon            951..1095
FT                   /number=3
FT   intron          1096..1556
FT                   /number=3
FT   exon            1557..1612
FT                   /number=4
FT   intron          1613..1786
FT                   /number=4
FT   exon            1787..>1912
FT                   /number=5
FT   polyA_signal    1938..1943
XX
SQ   Sequence 2016 BP; 421 A; 562 C; 538 G; 495 T; 0 other;
     ctaccatttt ccctctcgat tctatatgta cactcgggac aagttctcct gatcgaaaac        6
0
     ggcaaaacta aggccccaag taggaatgcc ttagttttcg gggttaacaa tgattaacac       12
0
     tgagcctcac acccacgcga tgccctcagc tcctcgctca gcgctctcac caacagccgt       18
0
     agcccgcagc cccgctggac accggttctc catccccgca gcgtagcccg gaacatggta       24
0
     gctgccatct ttacctgcta cgccagcctt ctgtgcgcgc aactgtctgg tcccgccccg       30
0
     tcctgcgcga gctgctgccc aggcaggttc gccggtgcga gcgtaaaggg gcggagctag       36
0
     gactgccttg ggcggtacaa atagcaggga accgcgcggt cgctcagcag tgacgtgaca       42
0
     cgcagcccac ggtctgtact gacgcgccct cgcttcttcc tctttctcga ctccatcttc       48
0
     gcggtagctg ggaccgccgt tcaggtaaga atggggcctt ggctggatcc gaagggcttg       54
0
     tagcaggttg gctgcggggt cagaaggcgc ggggggaacc gaagaacggg gcctgctccg       60
0
     tggccctgct ccagtcccta tccgaactcc ttgggaggca ctggccttcc gcacgtgagc       66
0
     cgccgcgacc accatcccgt cgcgatcgtt tctggaccgc tttccactcc caaatctcct       72
0
     ttatcccaga gcatttcttg gcttctctta caagccgtct tttctttact cagtcgccaa       78
0
     tatgcagctc tttgtccgcg cccaggagct acacaccttc gaggtgaccg gccaggaaac       84
0
     ggtcgcccag atcaaggtaa ggctgcttgg tgcgccctgg gttccatttt cttgtgctct       90
0
     tcactctcgc ggcccgaggg aacgcttacg agccttatct ttccctgtag gctcatgtag       96
0
     cctcactgga gggcattgcc ccggaagatc aagtcgtgct cctggcaggc gcgcccctgg      102
0
     aggatgaggc cactctgggc cagtgcgggg tggaggccct gactaccctg gaagtagcag      108
0
     gccgcatgct tggaggtgag tgagagagga atgttctttg aagtaccggt aagcgtctag      114
0
     tgagtgtggg gtgcatagtc ctgacagctg agtgtcacac ctatggtaat agagtacttc      120
0
     tcactgtctt cagttcagag tgattcttcc tgtttacatc cctcatgttg aacacagacg      126
0
     tccatgggag actgagccag agtgtagttg tatttcagtc acatcacgag atcctagtct      132
0
     ggttatcagc ttccacacta aaaattaggt cagaccaggc cccaaagtgc tctataaatt      138
0
     agaagctgga agatcctgaa atgaaactta agatttcaag gtcaaatatc tgcaactttg      144
0
     ttctcattac ctattgggcg cagcttctct ttaaaggctt gaattgagaa aagaggggtt      150
0
     ctgctgggtg gcaccttctt gctcttacct gctggtgcct tcctttccca ctacaggtaa      156
0
     agtccatggt tccctggccc gtgctggaaa agtgagaggt cagactccta aggtgagtga      162
0
     gagtattagt ggtcatggtg ttaggacttt ttttcctttc acagctaaac caagtccctg      168
0
     ggctcttact cggtttgcct tctccctccc tggagatgag cctgagggaa gggatgctag      174
0
     gtgtggaaga caggaaccag ggcctgatta accttccctt ctccaggtgg ccaaacagga      180
0
     gaagaagaag aagaagacag gtcgggctaa gcggcggatg cagtacaacc ggcgctttgt      186
0
     caacgttgtg cccacctttg gcaagaagaa gggccccaat gccaactctt aagtcttttg      192
0
     taattctggc tttctctaat aaaaaagcca cttagttcag tcatcgcatt gtttcatctt      198
0
     tacttgcaag gcctcaggga gaggtgtgct tctcgg                                201
6
//

   You can specifiy a file of ranges to extract by giving the '-regions'
   qualifier the value '@' followed by the name of the file containing
   the ranges. (eg: '-regions @myfile').

   The format of the range file is:
     * Comment lines start with '#' in the first column.
     * Comment lines and blank lines are ignored.
     * The line may start with white-space.
     * There are two positive (integer) numbers per line separated by one
       or more space or TAB characters.
     * The second number must be greater or equal to the first number.
     * There can be optional text after the two numbers to annotate the
       line.
     * White-space before or after the text is removed.

   An example range file is:

# this is my set of ranges
12   23
 4   5       this is like 12-23, but smaller
67   10348   interesting region

Output file format

   The output is a normal sequence file.

  Output files for usage example

  File: result.seq

>X65923 X65923.1 H.sapiens fau mRNA
ctcgactccat

  Output files for usage example 2

  File: result2.seq

>X65921 X65921.1 H.sapiens fau 1 gene
tccctctcgatacactcgggacaagttagggc

   If the option '-separate' is used then each specified region is
   written to the output file as a separate sequence. The name of the
   sequence is created from the name of the original sequence with the
   start and end positions of the range appended with underscore
   characters between them,

   For example: "XYZ region 2 to 34" is written as: "XYZ_2_34"

Data files

   None.

Notes

   None.

References

   None.

Warnings

   None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

   Several warning messages about malformed region specifications:
     * Non-digit found in region ...
     * Unpaired start of a region found in ...
     * Non-digit found in region ...
     * The start of a pair of region positions must be smaller than the
       end in ...

Exit status

   It exits with status 0, unless a region is badly constructed.

Known bugs

   None noted.

Comments

See also

   Program name                         Description
   biosed       Replace or delete sequence sections
   codcopy      Reads and writes a codon usage table
   cutseq       Removes a specified section from a sequence
   degapseq     Removes gap characters from sequences
   descseq      Alter the name or description of a sequence
   entret       Reads and writes (returns) flatfile entries
   extractalign Extract regions from a sequence alignment
   extractfeat  Extract features from a sequence
   listor       Write a list file of the logical OR of two sets of sequences
   makenucseq   Creates random nucleotide sequences
   makeprotseq  Creates random protein sequences
   maskfeat     Mask off features of a sequence
   maskseq      Mask off regions of a sequence
   newseq       Type in a short new sequence
   noreturn     Removes carriage return from ASCII files
   notseq       Exclude a set of sequences and write out the remaining ones
   nthseq       Writes one sequence from a multiple set of sequences
   pasteseq     Insert one sequence into another
   revseq       Reverse and complement a sequence
   seqret       Reads and writes (returns) sequences
   seqretsplit  Reads and writes (returns) sequences in individual files
   skipseq      Reads and writes (returns) sequences, skipping first few
   splitter     Split a sequence into (overlapping) smaller sequences
   trimest      Trim poly-A tails off EST sequences
   trimseq      Trim ambiguous bits off the ends of sequences
   union        Reads sequence fragments and builds one sequence
   vectorstrip  Strips out DNA between a pair of vector sequences
   yank         Reads a sequence range, appends the full USA to a list file

Author(s)

   Gary Williams (gwilliam © rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk)
   MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research Wellcome Trust
   Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SB, UK

History

   Written (2000) - Gary Williams

Target users

   This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from
   naive users to embedded scripts.

Comments

   None
