User manual | TopHat Alignment v1.0 and Cufflinks Assembly - Support

RNA Sequencing with TopHat
Alignment v1.0 and Cufflinks Assembly
& DE v1.1
App Guide
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
Introduction
Set Analysis Parameters—TopHat
Analysis Output
Set Analysis Parameters—Cufflinks
Cufflinks App Output
RNAseq Methods
Revision History
Technical Assistance
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The BaseSpace® Apps TopHat Alignment v1.0 and Cufflinks Assembly & DE (Differential
Expression) v1.1 are developed for the analysis of RNA sequencing data. The main
components of the TopHat and Cufflinks apps are derived from the Tuxedo suite. The 2
apps are designed to perform the following steps:
} TopHat Alignment v1.0 runs Bowtie, TopHat, the Isaac Variant Caller, and Cufflinks.
The app produces aligned reads, variant calls and FPKM abundance estimates of
reference genes and transcripts.
} See TopHat App Workflow on page 24 for more information.
} Cufflinks Assembly & DE v1.1 uses previous alignment results produced by the
TopHat app as input, and performs novel transcript assembly and/or differential
expression analysis.
} See Cufflinks App Workflow on page 25 for more information.
Versions
The following module versions are used in the TopHat and Cufflinks Apps:
} TopHat2 v2.0.7
} Bowtie 0.12.9
} Cufflinks 2.1.1
} Isaac Variant Caller 2.0.5
} Picard tools 1.72
Workflow Requirements
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}
}
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The minimum read length is 35 bp.
The maximum read length is 125 bp.
Each sample should have between 100,000 and 400 million reads.
Supports UCSC hg19 (human), UCSC mm10 (mouse), and UCSC rn5 (rat).
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Introduction
Introduction
Set Analysis Parameters—TopHat
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In BaseSpace, click the Apps tab.
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Click TopHat Alignment.
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From the drop-down list, select version 1.0, and then click Launch to open the app.
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Complete the required fields in the TopHat Alignment v1.0 input form.
} App Session Name—Provide the app (analysis) session name. By default, the app
session (analysis) name includes the app name, followed by the date and time the
app session starts.
} Save Results To—Select the project that stores the app results.
} Samples—Browse to the sample you want to analyze, and select the check box.
You can analyze multiple samples.
} Identify the samples prepared with a stranded sample kit by selecting the
Stranded checkbox. Samples prepared with the TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
Sample Prep Kit and TruSeq Stranded mRNA Sample Prep Kit are stranded.
} Reference Genome—Select the reference genome.
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Fill out the additional options.
} Call Fusions—When selected, TopHat-fusion is used to detect gene fusions.
} Trim TruSeq Adapters—When selected, the application attempts to trim TruSeq
adapters from the FASTQ sequence. Typically, this trimming will be unnecessary
as adapter trimming is performed as part of demultplexing during sample upload.
However, if the user did not specify adapter sequences in the sample sheet during
upload, this provides a second opportunity to trim the adapters.
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Click Continue.
The TopHat App starts analyzing your sample. When completed, the status of the app
session is automatically updated, and you receive an email.
NOTE
Depending on the size and number of samples, the complete analysis may take between a
few hours and several days.
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To view the results, click the Projects tab, then the project name, and then the analysis.
Figure 1 Output Navigation Bar
After analysis is complete, access the output through the left navigation bar.
} Analysis Info—Information about the analysis session, including log files.
} Inputs—Overview of input settings.
} Output Files—Output files for the sample.
} Sample Analysis Reports—Analysis reports for each sample.
Analysis Reports—Summary
The TopHat App provides an overview for all samples on the Summary page.
Alignment Statistics
Statistic
Definition
Reads
Number and length of reads.
Number of
Reads
Total number of reads passing filter for this sample.
% Total
Aligned
Percentage of reads passing filter that aligned to the reference, including
abundant reads.
% Abundant
Percentage of reads that aligns to abundant transcripts, such as mitochondrial
and ribosomal sequences.
% Unaligned
Percentage of passed filter reads that do not align to the reference.
Median CV
Coverage
Uniformity
The median coefficient of variation of coverage of the 1000 most highly
expressed transcripts, as reported by the CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from
Picard tools. Ideal value = 0.
% Stranded
Percentage of reads that align to the correct strand, as reported by the
CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from Picard tools.
Insert Length Distribution
The Insert Length Distribution graphs the frequency of each insert length. This histogram
is only available for paired-end reads.
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Figure 2 Insert Length Distribution
Alignment Distribution
The Alignment Distribution histogram graphs the number of bases by genomic region
(coding, UTR, intron, or intergenic).
Figure 3 Alignment Distribution Histogram
Transcript Coverage
The Transcript Coverage graphs the coverage of a transcript position by that transcript
position as reported by the CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from Picard tools. The coverage
is normalized for the coverage of that transcript. You can get the series names from the
tooltips by hovering over the graph.
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Figure 4 Transcript Coverage
Analysis Reports—Sample Pages
The TopHat app provides an overview of statistics per sample on the sample pages.
Primary Analysis Information
Statistic
Definition
Read Length
Length of reads.
Number of Reads
Total number of reads passing filter for this sample.
Bases (GB)
The total number of bases for this sample.
Q30 Bases (GB)
The total number of bases with a quality score of 30 or higher.
Insert Information
Only available for paired-end reads.
Statistic
Definition
Insert
Length
Median
Median length of the sequenced fragment. The fragment length is calculated based
on the locations at which a read pair aligns to the reference. The read mapping
information is parsed from the BAM files.
Insert
Length
S.D.
Standard deviation of the sequenced fragment length.
Duplicates
(% Reads)
Percentage of paired reads that have duplicates., from a sub-sampled set of 4 M
reads.
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Alignment Quality
Statistic
Definition
Total Aligned Reads (%
Reads)
The percentage of reads passing filter that aligned to the
reference genome.
Abundant Reads (% Reads)
Percentage of reads that aligns to abundant transcripts, such as
mitochondrial and ribosomal sequences.
Unaligned Reads (% Reads)
Percentage of reads passing filter that are not aligned to the
reference.
Reads with spliced alignment
(% Aligned Reads)
Percentage of aligned reads with a spliced alignment.
Reads aligned at multiple loci
(% Aligned Reads)
Percentage of aligned reads to multiple loci.
Coverage Uniformity
Statistic
Definition
Median
CV
The median coefficient of variation of coverage of the 1000 most highly expressed
transcripts, as reported by the CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from Picard tools. Ideal
value = 0.
Median
3'
The median uniformity of coverage of the 1000 most highly expressed transcripts at
the 3' end, as reported by the CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from Picard tools. 3' bias is
calculated per transcript as: mean coverage of the 3' most 100 bases divided by the
mean coverage of the whole transcript.
Median
5'
The median uniformity of coverage of the 1000 most highly expressed transcripts at
the 5' end, as reported by the CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from Picard tools. 5' bias is
calculated per transcript as: mean coverage of the 5' most 100 bases divided by the
mean coverage of the whole transcript.
Reads
aligned
to
correct
strand
Percentage of reads that align to the correct strand, as reported by the
CollectRnaSeqMetrics utility from Picard tools.
Alignment Information
This table presents metrics for the categories in two columns:
} Fold Coverage: The total number of bases in the category divided by the size of the
entire category.
} % Bases: The total number of bases aligned to this region relative to the total number
of aligned bases.
These metrics are reported for the following categories, derived from RefSeq:
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Statistic
Definition
Coding
Metrics based on coding bases.
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UTR
Metrics based on bases in untranslated regions (UTR).
Intron
Metrics based on bases in introns.
Intergenic
Metrics based on bases in intergenic regions.
Analysis Output
Statistic
Variant Calls
Statistic
Definition
Homozygous
Reference
Number of homozygous reference calls.
Heterozygous
Number of heterozygous variant calls.
Homozygous
variant
Number of homozygous variant calls.
SNV
Total number of SNVs detected for the sample.
Indel
The number of indels detected for the sample.
Tn/Tv
The number of Transition SNVs that pass the quality filters divided by the
number of Transversion SNVs that pass the quality filters. Transitions are
interchanges of purines (A, G) or of pyrimidines (C, T). Transversions are
interchanges of purine and pyrimidine bases (for example, A to T).
Histograms
The sample pages also contain the Insert Length Distribution, Alignment Distribution,
and Transcript Coverage histograms, which are described in Analysis Reports—Summary
on page 5
Important Files
The Important Files section provides direct access to the most important output files.
For detailed descriptions of these files, see:
} BAM Files on page 11
} VCF Files on page 11
} gVCF Files on page 12
} FPKM Files on page 22
} Candidate Fusion List on page 16
Analysis Info
The Analysis Info page displays the analysis settings and execution details.
Row Heading
Definition
Name
Name of the analysis session.
Application
App that generated this analysis.
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Definition
Date Started
Date and time the analysis session started.
Date Completed
Date and time the analysis session completed.
Duration
Duration of the analysis.
Session Type
Number of nodes used.
Status
Status of the analysis session. The status shows either Running
or Complete.
TopHat Status
The status of the TopHat app session can have the following values:
} Preparing data
} Aligning
} Variant calling
} Estimating reference abundances
} Calculating metrics
} Finalizing results
Depending on the size and number of samples, the complete analysis may take between
a few hours and several days.
TopHat Inputs Overview
The TopHat App provides an overview of the input samples and settings on the Inputs
page.
Statistic
Definition
App Session Name
Name of the app session.
Save Results To
The project that stores the app results.
Samples
Samples selected for this analysis. Checkbox indicates if the samples are
stranded.
Reference Genome
Reference genome and gene model selected.
Call Fusions
If selected, TopHat-fusion is used to detect gene fusions.
Trim TruSeq
Adapters
If selected, the application trims TruSeq adapters from the FASTQ
sequence.
TopHat Output Files
This section describes the main output files of the TopHat App:
} BAM Files on page 11
} VCF Files on page 11
} gVCF Files on page 12
} FPKM Files on page 22
} Coverage.BedGraph.gz Files on page 15
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Junctions.bed Files on page 15
Candidate Fusion List on page 16
The output files are located in the following locations:
<Analysis Result>|filtered
} <sample name>.abundant_alignments.bam – Alignments of the reads against
abundant sequences.
<Analysis Result>|alignments
} <sample name>.alignments.bam – Alignments of filtered reads against the genome
(and transcriptome).
} <sample. name>.coverage.bedGraph.gz – Genome coverage from aligned RNA-seq
reads
} <sample name>.junctions.bed – BED file describing junctions discovered in this
data set in TopHat format.
<Analysis Result>|cufflinks|reference
} <sample name>.isoforms.fpkm_tracking – Abundance estimates for individual
transcripts defined in genome reference.
} <sample name>.genes.fpkm_tracking – Abundance estimates for genes defined in
genome reference.
<Analysis Result>|metrics:
} Contains CSV and json metrics files used to generate the summary and individual
reports.
<Analysis Result>|tophat_fusion
} result.html – HTML summary page describing the discovered fusions.
<Analysis Result>|variants
} <sample_id>.genome.vcf.gz – Variant calls from starling in gVCF format.
BAM Files
The Sequence Alignment/Map (SAM) format is a generic alignment format for storing
read alignments against reference sequences, supporting short and long reads (up to 128
Mb) produced by different sequencing platforms. SAM is a text format file that is humanreadable. The Binary Alignment/Map (BAM) keeps the same information as SAM, but in
a compressed, binary format that is only machine readable.
If you use an app in BaseSpace that uses BAM files as input, the app locates the file
when launched. If using BAM files in other tools, download the file to use it in the
external tool.
Go to samtools.sourceforge.net/SAM1.pdf to see the exact SAM specification.
VCF Files
VCF is a text file format that contains information about variants found at specific
positions in a reference genome. The file format consists of meta-information lines, a
header line, and then data lines. Each data line contains information about a single
variant.
If you use an app in BaseSpace that uses VCF files as input, the app locates the file when
launched. If using VCF files in other tools, download the file to use it in the external tool.
A detailed description of the VCF format is provided in the BaseSpace User Guide.
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}
gVCF Files
This application also produces the Genome Variant Call Format file (gVCF). gVCF was
developed to store sequencing information for both variant and nonvariant positions,
which is required for human clinical applications. gVCF is a set of conventions applied
to the standard variant call format (VCF) 4.1 as documented by the 1000 Genomes
Project. These conventions allow representation of genotype, annotation, and other
information across all sites in the genome in a compact format. Typical human wholegenome sequencing results expressed in gVCF with annotation are less than 1 Gbyte, or
about 1/100 the size of the BAM file used for variant calling. If you are performing
targeted sequencing, gVCF is also an appropriate choice to represent and compress the
results.
gVCF is a text file format, stored as a gzip compressed file (*.genome.vcf.gz).
Compression is further achieved by joining contiguous nonvariant regions with similar
properties into single ‘block’ VCF records. To maximize the utility of gVCF, especially for
high stringency applications, the properties of the compressed blocks are conservative.
Block properties like depth and genotype quality reflect the minimum of any site in the
block. The gVCF file can be indexed (creating a *.tbi file) and used with existing VCF
tools such as tabix and IGV, making it convenient both for direct interpretation and as a
starting point for further analysis.
For more information, see sites.google.com/site/gvcftools/home/about-gvcf.
The following conventions are used in the variant caller gVCF files.
Samples per File
There is only one sample per gVCF file.
Nonvariant Blocks Using END Key
Contiguous nonvariant segments of the genome can be represented as single records in
gVCF. These records use the standard 'END' INFO key to indicate the extent of the
record. Even though the record can span multiple bases, only the first base is provided
in the REF field to reduce file size.
The following is a simplified segment of a gVCF file, describing a segment of nonvariant
calls (starting with an A) on chromosome 1 from position 51845 to 51862.
##INFO=<ID=END,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="End position
of the variant described in this record">#CHROM POS ID REF
ALT QUAL FILTER INFO FORMAT NA19238chr1 51845 . A . . PASS
END=51862
Any field provided for a block of sites, such as read depth (using the DP key), shows the
minimum value that is observed among all sites encompassed by the block. Each
sample value shown for the block, such as the depth (DP), is restricted to a range where
the maximum value is within 30% or 3 of the minimum. For example, for sample value
range [x,y], y <= x+max(3,x*0.3). This range restriction applies to each of the sample
values printed in the final block record.
Indel Regions
Sites that are "filled in" inside deletions have additional changes:
All deletions:
} Sites inside any deletion are marked with the deletion filters, in addition to any
filters that have already been applied to the site.
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Sites inside deletions cannot have a genotype or alternate allele quality score higher
than the corresponding value from the enclosing indel.
Heterozygous deletions:
} Sites inside heterozygous deletions are altered to have haploid genotype entries (eg,
"0" instead of "0/0", "1" instead of "1/1").
} Heterozygous SNV calls inside heterozygous deletions are marked with the
"SiteConflict" filter and their genotype is unchanged.
Homozygous deletions:
} Homozygous reference and no-call sites inside homozygous deletions have genotype
"."
} Sites inside homozygous deletions that have a nonreference genotype are marked
with a “SiteConflict” filter, and their genotype is unchanged.
} Site and genotype quality are set to "."
The described modifications reflect the notion that the site confidence is bound within
the enclosing indel confidence.
On occasion, the variant caller produces multiple overlapping indel calls that cannot be
resolved into 2 haplotypes. If this case, all indels and sites in the region of the overlap
are marked with the IndelConflict filter.
Genotype Quality for Variant and Nonvariant Sites
The gVCF file uses an adapted version of genotype quality for variant and nonvariant
site filtration. This value is associated with the key GQX. The GQX value is intended to
represent the minimum of {Phred genotype quality assuming the site is variant, Phred
genotype quality assuming the site is nonvariant}. The reason for using this value is to
allow a single value to be used as the primary quality filter for both variant and
nonvariant sites. Filtering on this value corresponds to a conservative assumption
appropriate for applications where reference genotype calls must be determined at the
same stringency as variant genotypes, ie:
} An assertion that a site is homozygous reference at GQX >= 30 is made assuming the
site is variant.
} An assertion that a site is a nonreference genotype at GQX >= 30 is made assuming
the site is nonvariant.
Section Descriptions
The gVCF file contains the following sections:
} Metainformation lines start with ## and contain metadata, config information, and
define the values that the INFO, FILTER, and FORMAT fields can have.
} The header line starts with # and names the fields that the data lines use. These
fields are #CHROM, POS, ID, REF, ALT, QUAL, FILTER, INFO, FORMAT, followed
by one or more sample columns.
} Data lines that contain information about one or more positions in the genome.
If you extract the variant lines from a gVCF file, you produce a conventional variant VCF
file.
Field Descriptions
The fixed fields #CHROM, POS, ID, REF, ALT, QUAL are defined in the VCF 4.1
standard provided by the 1000 Genomes Project. The fields ID, INFO, FORMAT, and
sample are described in the metainformation.
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}
}
}
}
}
}
}
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CHROM: Chromosome: an identifier from the reference genome or an anglebracketed ID String ("<ID>") pointing to a contig.
POS: Position: The reference position, with the first base having position 1. Positions
are sorted numerically, in increasing order, within each reference sequence CHROM.
There can be multiple records with the same POS. Telomeres are indicated by using
positions 0 or N+1, where N is the length of the corresponding chromosome or
contig.
ID: Semicolon separated list of unique identifiers where available. If this ID is a
dbSNP variant, it is encouraged to use the rs number. No identifier is present in
more than 1 data record. If there is no identifier available, then the missing value is
used.
REF: Reference bases: A,C,G,T,N; there can be multiple bases. The value in the POS
field refers to the position of the first base in the string. For simple insertions and
deletions in which either the REF or 1 of the ALT alleles would otherwise be
null/empty, the REF and ALT strings include the base before the event. This
modification is reflected in the POS field. The exception is when the event occurs at
position 1 on the contig, in which case they include the base after the event. If any of
the ALT alleles is a symbolic allele (an angle-bracketed ID String "<ID>"), the
padding base is required. In that case, POS denotes the coordinate of the base
preceding the polymorphism.
ALT: Comma-separated list of alternate nonreference alleles called on at least 1 of the
samples. Options are:
} Base strings made up of the bases A,C,G,T,N
} Angle-bracketed ID String (”<ID>”)
} Break-end replacement string as described in the section on break-ends.
If there are no alternative alleles, then the missing value is used.
QUAL: Phred-scaled quality score for the assertion made in ALT. ie -10log_10
probability (call in ALT is wrong). If ALT is ”.” (no variant), this score is -10log_10 p
(variant). If ALT is not ”.”, this score is -10log_10 p(no variant). High QUAL scores
indicate high confidence calls. Although traditionally people use integer Phred
scores, this field is permitted to be a floating point to enable higher resolution for low
confidence calls if desired. If unknown, the missing value is specified. (Numeric)
FILTER: PASS if this position has passed all filters, ie a call is made at this position.
Otherwise, if the site has not passed all filters, a semicolon-separated list of codes for
filters that fail. gVCF files use the following values:
} PASS: position has passed all filters.
} IndelConflict: Locus is in region with conflicting indel calls.
} SiteConflict: Site genotype conflicts with proximal indel call, which is typically a
heterozygous SNV call made inside a heterozygous deletion.
} LowGQX: Locus GQX (minimum of {Genotype quality assuming variant
position,Genotype quality assuming nonvariant position}) is less than 30 or not
present.
} HighDPFRatio: The fraction of base calls filtered out at a site is greater than 0.3.
} HighSNVSB: SNV strand bias value (SNVSB) exceeds 10. High strand bias
indicates a potential high false-positive rate for SNVs.
} HighSNVHPOL: SNV contextual homopolymer length (SNVHPOL) exceeds 6.
} HighREFREP: Indel contains an allele that occurs in a homopolymer or
dinucleotide track with a reference repeat greater than 8.
} HighDepth: Locus depth is greater than 3x the mean chromosome depth.
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INFO: Additional information. INFO fields are encoded as a semicolon-separated
series of short keys with optional values in the format: <key>=<data>[,data]. gVCF
files use the following values:
} END: End position of the region described in this record.
} BLOCKAVG_min30p3a: nonvariant site block. All sites in a block are constrained
to be nonvariant, have the same filter value, and have all sample values in range
[x,y], y <= max(x+3,(x*1.3)). All printed site block sample values are the minimum
observed in the region spanned by the block.
} SNVSB: SNV site strand bias.
} SNVHPOL: SNV contextual homopolymer length.
} CIGAR: CIGAR alignment for each alternate indel allele.
} RU: Smallest repeating sequence unit extended or contracted in the indel allele
relative to the reference. If longer than 20 bases, RUs are not reported.
} REFREP: Number of times RU is repeated in reference.
} IDREP: Number of times RU is repeated in indel allele.
FORMAT: Format of the sample field. FORMAT specifies the data types and order of
the subfields. gVCF files use the following values:
} GT: Genotype.
} GQ: Genotype Quality.
} GQX: Minimum of {Genotype quality assuming variant position, Genotype quality
assuming nonvariant position}.
} DP: Filtered base call depth used for site genotyping.
} DPF: Base calls filtered from input before site genotyping.
} AD: Allelic depths for the ref and alt alleles in the order listed. For indels, this
value only includes reads that confidently support each allele (posterior
probability 0.999 or higher that read contains indicated allele vs all other
intersecting indel alleles).
} DPI: Read depth associated with indel, taken from the site preceding the indel.
SAMPLE: Sample fields as defined by the header.
FPKM Files
Fragments Per Kilobase of sequence per Million mapped reads (FPKM) normalizes the
number of aligned reads by the size of the sequence feature and the total number of
mapped reads.
In each output directory, this app creates the following output files:
} genes.fpkm_tracking—Quantifies the expression of genes specified in the GTF
annotation file.
} isoforms.fpkm_tracking—Quantifies the expression of transcripts specified in the GTF
annotation file.
Coverage.BedGraph.gz Files
The *.coverage.BedGraph.gz file can summarize coverage plotting in browsers (IGV,
UCSC genome browser); it is much smaller than the BAM file.
For more information, see http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1.8.
Junctions.bed Files
The *.junctions.bed file is a bed file with junctions and the coverage of these for
visualization in a browser.
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For more information, see http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1
Candidate Fusion List
The candidate fusion list is an html page that provides an overview of all candidate
fusions. The top tables provide the genes that are fused, the chromosomes and positions
involved, as well as the number of reads that provide the evidence. This is explained in
the table description. In addition, genomic and nucleotide blast searches are provided
with the left and right sides of the fusion.
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In BaseSpace, click the Apps tab.
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Click Cufflinks Assembly & DE.
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From the drop-down list, select version 1.1, and then click Launch to open the app.
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Complete the required fields in the Cufflinks Assembly & DE v1.1 input form.
} App Session Name—Provide the app (analysis) session name. By default, the app
session (analysis) name includes the app name, followed by the date and time the
app session starts.
} Save Results To—Select the project that stores the app results.
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Fill out the TopHat alignments selection criteria. These settings are used to filter the
results available in the app result choosers below. This ensures that only compatible
app results are selected for analysis.
} Reference Genome—Select the reference genome.
} Stranded—Indicate if samples were stranded.
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Fill out the additional options.
} Novel Transcript Assembly—Select if you want Cufflinks to perform novel
transcript assembly.
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Fill out the control group information.
} Group Label—Provide the control group label. Default name is control.
} Select App Result—Browse to the app result from the TopHat App that you want
to use as control, and select the checkbox. You can use multiple app results as
control.
} Adjust transcript assembly for samples without polyA selection—Select if
performing transcript assembly and your samples were generated without polyA
selection. This will enable additional filtering of intronic alignments during
transcript assembly to reduce the false identification of transcripts.
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Fill out the comparison group information.
} Group Label—Provide the comparison group label. Default name is comparison.
} Select App Result—Browse to the app result from the TopHat app that you want
to analyze against the control, and select the check box. You can analyze multiple
app results.
} Adjust transcript assembly for samples without polyA selection—Select if
performing transcript assembly and your samples were generated without polyA
selection.
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Click Continue.
The Cufflinks App starts analyzing your sample. When completed, the status of the app
session is automatically updated, and you receive an email.
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Set Analysis Parameters—Cufflinks
Cufflinks App Output
This chapter describes the output that is produced by the Cufflinks App. To view the
results, click the Projects button, then the project, and then the analysis.
Figure 5 Cufflinks App Output Navigation Bar
When the analysis is complete, you can access your output through the left navigation
bar.
} Analysis Info—Overview of the analysis. See Analysis Info on page 20.
} Inputs—Overview of the input samples and settings. See Cufflinks Inputs Overview on
page 21.
} Output Files—Access to the output files, organized by sample and app session. See
Cufflinks Output Files on page 21.
} Cufflinks Report—Access to analysis metrics for the aggregate results. See Cufflinks
Report on page 18.
Cufflinks Report
The Cufflinks App Result Page provides an overview of statistics of the Cufflinks App
Session. A brief description of the metrics is below.
Overview
Provides links to the control and comparison samples, as well as to the FPKM tables for
genes and transcripts (see FPKM Files on page 22).
Assembly
The Assembly table provides metrics derived from the assembly of the control and
comparison samples, as well as the two samples merged.
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Statistic
Definition
Gene Count
Number of identified genes per sample.
Transcript Count
Number of identified transcipts per sample.
Link to gene models
Link to the GTF results (see GTF Files on page 22).
Relation to reference
transcripts
Link to reference information.
Equal (=)
Complete match of intron chain.
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Potentially novel (j)
Potentially novel isoform (fragment): at least one splice junction is
shared with a reference transcript.
Unknown, intergenic (u)
Unknown, intergenic transcript.
Overlap with oppositestrand exon (x)
Exonic overlap with reference on the opposite strand.
Other
Other types of transcripts.
Differential Expression
Statistic
Definition
Gene Count
Number of identified genes assessed in differential expression
calculation.
ΔGene Count
Number of genes for which differential expression is significant.
Transcript Count
Number of identified transcripts assessed in differential expression
calculation.
ΔTranscript Count
Number of transcripts for which differential expression is significant.
Selected CuffDiff
results
Links to selected Cuffdiff results.
Sample Correlation
Sample correlation shows the similarity of the samples, based on the correlation of
expression levels.
This is determined the following way:
} Any gene with a reported confidence interval for the FPKM estimate that is greater
than 25% of the estimated FPKM value is filtered out.
} Any gene with an FPKM value less than 1.0 is filtered out.
} For each sample pair, we calculate a correlation over the shared genes that were not
filtered out in the above step from the natural log of the estimated FPKM values.
The sample correlation section includes a heat plot and clustering dendrogram.
Differential Expression Gene Browser
The Differential Expression Gene Browser shows an interactive scatter plot of the log2
(FPKM) counts of genes for two groups of samples.
You can filter the results by the following metrics:
} The absolute value of log2(ratio) of expression levels between two sample groups.
} Significance of the differential expression.
} Test status
} OK—Test successful.
} NOTEST—Not enough alignments for testing.
} FAIL—When an ill-conditioned covariance matrix or other numerical exception
prevents testing.
} HIDATA—Too many fragments in locus.
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Statistic
}
} LOWDATA—The region being tested was either too complex or too shallowly
sequenced to support a reliable calculation of abundance.
Gene—Allows you to search for a particular gene in the plot and the gene table
below the scatter plot.
The gene table below the scatter plot shows the individual gene results. If you click a
gene, the corresponding dot is circled in the scatter plot. Vice versa, if you click any of
the dots in the scatter plot, the gene is highlighted in the gene table. You can also sort the
data by clicking a column header.
Figure 6 Differential Expression Gene Browser
Analysis Info
The Analysis Info page displays the analysis settings and execution details.
Row Heading
Definition
Name
Name of the analysis session.
Application
App that generated this analysis.
Date Started
Date and time the analysis session started.
Date Completed
Date and time the analysis session completed.
Duration
Duration of the analysis.
Session Type
Number of nodes used.
Status
Status of the analysis session. The status shows either Running
or Complete.
Cufflinks Status
The status of the Cufflinks app session can have the following values:
} Preparing data
} Assembling transcripts
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Merging samples
Calculating differential expression
Calculating metrics
Finalizing results
Depending on the size and number of samples, the complete analysis may take between
a few hours and several days.
Cufflinks Inputs Overview
The Cufflinks App provides an overview of the input app results and settings on the
Inputs page.
Statistic
Definition
App Session Name
Name of the app session.
Save Results To
The project that stores the app results.
Reference Genome
Reference genome selected.
Stranded
Indicates if samples were stranded.
Novel Transcript Assembly
Selected when the Cufflinks App is set to perform
novel transcript assembly.
Group Label
The group label.
TopHat Alignment App Result(s)
App results selected for that group.
Adjust transcript assembly for samples
without polyA selection
Selected if the samples for that group were
generated without polyA selection.
Cufflinks Output Files
This section describes the main output files of the Cufflinks App:
} FPKM Files on page 22
} GTF Files on page 22
} DIFF Files on page 22
The output files for both apps are located in the following locations:
<Analysis Result>/control (if novel transcript assembly requested)
} cuffmerge/control.merged.gtf—Assembled and merged transcripts from designated
control samples
} cuffmerge/quantification/<sample name>/genes.fpkm_tracking—Per-gene FPKM
estimates for sample against newly assembled transcripts in control.merged.gtf
} cuffmerge/quantification/<sample name>/isoforms.fpkm_tracking—Per-transcript
FPKM estimates for sample against newly assembled transcripts in
control.merged.gtf
} metrics - Metrics on assembled control transcripts
<Analysis Result>/comparison (if novel transcript assembly requested)
}
}
cuffmerge/comparison.merged.gtf—Assembled and merged transcripts from
designated comparison samples
cuffmerge/quantification/<sample name>/genes.fpkm_tracking—Per-gene FPKM
estimates for sample against newly assembled transcripts in comparison.merged.gtf
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}
}
}
}
}
}
cuffmerge/quantification/<sample name>/isoforms.fpkm_tracking—Per-transcript
FPKM estimates for sample against newly assembled transcripts in
comparison.merged.gtf
metrics—Metrics on assembled comparison transcripts
<Analysis Result>/differential/cuffmerge (if novel transcript assembly
requested)
} control_vs_comparison.merged.gtf—Assembled and merged transcript for use in
differential expression
<Analysis Result>/differential/cuffdiff—CuffDiff output from comparison
of control and comparison samples
} control_vs_comparison.gene_exp.diff—Differential expression results for genes
} control_vs_comparison.isoform_exp.diff—Differential expression results for
transcripts
FPKM Files
Fragments Per Kilobase of sequence per Million mapped reads (FPKM) normalizes the
number of aligned reads by the size of the sequence feature and the total number of
mapped reads.
In each output directory, this app creates the following output files:
} genes.fpkm_tracking—Quantifies the expression of genes specified in the GTF
annotation file.
} isoforms.fpkm_tracking—Quantifies the expression of transcripts specified in the GTF
annotation file.
GTF Files
The merged.gtf file provides the set of merged transcripts. Each line contains an
annotation field (“class_code”) that describes the nature of the overlap of this transcript
with transcripts from the reference annotation. The table below, taken from the cufflinks
manual, (cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/cufflinks/manual/), provides a description of the
possible class codes.
=
j
e
Match
New isoform
A single exon transcript overlapping a reference exon and at least 10 bp of a reference intron,
indicating a possible pre-mRNA fragment
i A single exon transcript falling entirely with a reference intron
r Repeat, currently determined by looking at the reference sequence and applied to transcripts
where at least 50% of the bases are lower case
p Possible polymerase run-on fragment
u Unknown, intergenic transcript
o Unknown, generic overlap with reference
. Tracking file only, indicates multiple classifications
Transcripts annotated with the ‘i’, ‘j’, ‘u’, or ‘o’ class codes represent novel transcripts of
potential interest.
DIFF Files
The Cufflinks App creates several DIFF files that describe the differential expression. This
tab delimited file lists the results of differential expression testing between samples for
spliced transcripts, primary transcripts, genes, and coding sequences.
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}
isoform_exp.diff—Transcript differential FPKM.
gene_exp.diff—Gene differential FPKM. Tests differences in the summed FPKM of
transcripts sharing each gene_id.
tss_group_exp.diff—Primary transcript differential FPKM. Tests differences in the
summed FPKM of transcripts sharing each tss_id.
cds_exp.diff—Coding sequence differential FPKM. Tests differences in the summed
FPKM of transcripts sharing each p_id independent of tss_id.
The DIFF file has the following format.
Column
Column name
number
1
Tested id
Example
Description
A unique identifier describing the transcipt, gene, primary
transcript, or CDS being tested
The gene_name(s) or gene_id(s) being tested
Genomic coordinates for easy browsing to the genes or
transcripts being tested.
Label (or number if no labels provided) of the first sample being
tested
Label (or number if no labels provided) of the second sample
being tested
Can be one of the following:
OK (test successful)
NOTEST (not enough alignments for testing)
LOWDATA (too complex or shallowly sequenced)
HIDATA (too many fragments in locus)
FAIL, when an ill-conditioned covariance matrix or other
numerical exception prevents testing.
FPKM of the gene in sample x
FPKM of the gene in sample y
The (base 2) log of the fold change y/x
2
3
gene
locus
4
sample 1
XLOC_
000001
Lypla1
chr1:47977714835363
Liver
5
sample 2
Brain
6
Test status
NOTEST
7
8
9
8.01089
8.551545
0.06531
10
FPKMx
FPKMy
log2
(FPKMy/FPKMx)
test stat
11
12
13
p value
q value
significant
0.389292
0.985216
no
0.860902
The value of the test statistic used to compute significance of the
observed change in FPKM
The uncorrected p-value of the test statistic
The FDR-adjusted p-value of the test statistic
Can be either "yes" or "no", depending on whether p is greater
then the FDR after Benjamini-Hochberg correction for multipletesting
For more information, see the Cufflinks manual at cole-trapnelllab.github.io/cufflinks/manual/.
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}
}
RNAseq Methods
TopHat App Workflow
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Filtering—The first step of the workflow is to filter the input reads against abundant
sequences, such as mitochondrial or ribosomal sequences, as defined by iGenomes
(support.illumina.com/sequencing/sequencing_software/igenome.html). The
workflow has an internal library of such sequences that it uses for this purpose,
including mitochondrial and ribosomal sequences. Bowtie (see Bowtie on page 26)
performs this alignment. Only sequences that do not align against abundant
sequences are passed through to the next phase of the analysis. Read pairs are
filtered if at least 1 read aligns to an abundant sequence. This filtering step also
performs trimming of 2 bases from the 5’ end of the read. This is due to a consistent
observation of a high mismatch rate from these two bases in RNA-seq libraries.
2
Alignment—TopHat2 (see TopHat on page 26), using the Bowtie 1 aligner, performs a
spliced alignment of the filtered reads against the genome. Based on the userspecified genome, TopHat uses a list of known transcripts to align reads against
known transcripts and splice junctions.
3
Fusion Calling—If requested, Tophat-fusion detects gene fusions. Fusion calling
occurs in 2 steps. First, TopHat2 is run in a mode to allow the detection of fused
alignments. Then, a post-alignment analysis script identifies candidate fusion genes
from these fusion alignments. This step does not work with STAR alignments.
4
Variant Calling—The Isaac Variant Caller (see Isaac Variant Caller on page 26)
performs variant calling, producing gVCF output. For stranded library preps, the
strand bias filter will be disabled. In addition, the workflow makes use of the bsnp-diploid-het-bias parameter to expand the allowable range for the
heterozygous variant call, in order to account for allele-specific expression.
5
Quantification—Cufflinks (see Cufflinks on page 28) is used for quantification of
reference genes and transcripts.
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Figure 7 TopHat App Workflow
Cufflinks App Workflow
1
Novel transcript assembly—If novel transcript assembly is requested, transcripts are
first assembled and quantified independently for each sample. Cuffmerge merges the
assemblies between the samples of each group and combines them with the known
gene models from annotation. Cuffcompare then provides annotations of novel
transcripts, for example, if they overlap with a known transcript. Lastly abundances
will be re-estimated for each transcript, known or novel.
2
Differential expression—Cuffdiff calculates differential expression between these
two sample groups, estimating variance from the individual samples supplied for
each sample group. Cuffdiff calculates a variety of information regarding differential
expression, which are summarized in the on-line manual (cole-trapnelllab.github.io/cufflinks/cuffdiff/index.html#cuffdiff-output-files)) for that tool.
Cuffdiff needs a consensus set of transcripts that is compared between different
sample groups. If no novel transcript detection is performed, this consensus set is
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simply the reference annotation. If novel transcript assembly is requested, then the
set of transcripts from each sample must first be merged together. The Cuffmerge tool
does this, while also merging in the known gene models from annotation.
Figure 8 Cufflinks App Workflow
Bowtie
Bowtie1 is an ultrafast, memory-efficient aligner designed to quickly align large sets of
short reads to large genomes. Bowtie indexes the genome to keep its memory footprint
small: for the human genome, the index is typically about 2.2 GB for single-read
alignment or 2.9 GB for paired-end alignment. Multiple processors can be used
simultaneously to achieve greater alignment speed.
Bowtie forms the basis for other tools like TopHat, a fast splice junction mapper for
RNA-seq reads, and Cufflinks, a tool for transcriptome assembly and isoform
quantitation from RNA-seq reads.
TopHat
TopHat2 is a fast splice junction mapper for RNA-Seq reads. It aligns RNA-Seq reads to
mammalian-sized genomes using the ultra high-throughput short read aligner Bowtie,
and then analyzes the mapping results to identify splice junctions between exons.
TopHat is a collaborative effort between the University of Maryland Center for
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and the University of California, Berkeley
Departments of Mathematics and Molecular and Cell Biology.
Isaac Variant Caller
Strelka identifies single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and small indels using the following
steps:
} Read filtering—Filters out reads failing quality checks.
} Indel calling—Identifies a set of possible indel candidates and realigns all reads
overlapping the candidates using a multiple sequence aligner.
} SNV calling—Computes the probability of each possible genotype given the aligned
read data and a prior distribution of variation in the genome.
} Indel genotypes—Calls indel genotypes and assigns probabilities.
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Variant call output—Generates output in a vcf and a compressed genome variant
call (gVCF) file. See VCF Files on page 11 and gVCF Files on page 12 for details.
Indel Candidates
Input reads are filtered by removing any of the following reads:
} Reads that failed base calling quality checks.
} Reads marked as PCR duplicates.
} Paired-end reads not marked as a proper pair.
} Reads with a mapping quality < 20.
Indel Calling
The variant caller proceeds with candidate indel discovery and generates alternate read
alignments based on the candidate indels. As part of the realignment process, the variant
caller selects a representative alignment to be used for site genotype calling and depth
summarization by the SNV caller.
SNV Calling
The variant caller runs a series of filters on the set of filtered and realigned reads for
SNV calling without affecting indel calls. First, any contiguous trailing sequence of N
base calls is trimmed from the ends of reads. Using a mismatch density filter, reads
having an unexpectedly high number of disagreements with the reference are masked, as
follows:
} The variant caller treats each insertion or deletion as a single mismatch.
} Base calls with more than 2 mismatches to the reference sequence within 20 bases of
the call are ignored.
} If the call occurs within the first or last 20 bases of a read, the mismatch limit is
applied to a 41-base window at the corresponding end of the read.
} The mismatch limit is applied to the entire read when the read length is 41 or
shorter.
Indel Genotypes
The variant caller filters out all bases marked by the mismatch density filter and any N
base calls that remain after the end-trimming step. These filtered base calls are not used
for site-genotyping but appear in the filtered base call counts in the variant caller output
for each site.
All remaining base calls are used for site-genotyping. The genotyping method
heuristically adjusts the joint error probability that is calculated from multiple
observations of the same allele on each strand of the genome. This correction accounts
for the possibility of error dependencies.
This method treats the highest-quality base call from each allele and strand as an
independent observation and leaves the associated base call quality scores unmodified.
Quality scores for subsequent base calls for each allele and strand are then adjusted. This
adjustment is done to increase the joint error probability of the given allele above the
error expected from independent base call observations.
Variant Call Output
After the SNV and indel genotyping methods are complete, the variant caller applies a
final set of heuristic filters to produce the final set of calls in the output.
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}
The output in the genome variant call (gVCF) file captures the genotype at each position
and the probability that the consensus call differs from reference. This score is expressed
as a Phred-scaled quality score.
Cufflinks
Cufflinks3 assembles transcripts, estimates their abundances, and tests for differential
expression and regulation in RNA-Seq samples. It accepts aligned RNA-Seq reads and
assembles the alignments into a parsimonious set of transcripts. Cufflinks then estimates
the relative abundances of these transcripts based on how many reads support each one.
Cufflinks is a collaborative effort between the Laboratory for Mathematical and
Computational Biology, led by Lior Pachter at UC Berkeley, Steven Salzberg's group at
the University of Maryland Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and
Barbara Wold's lab at Caltech.
References
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Langmead B, Trapnell C, Pop M, Salzberg SL. (2009) Ultrafast and memory-efficient
alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome. Genome Biol 10(3):R25.
2
Trapnell C, Pachter L, Salzberg SL.(2009) TopHat: discovering splice junctions with
RNA-Seq. Trapnell C, Pachter L, Salzberg SL. Bioinformatics 25(9):1105-11.
3
Trapnell C, Williams BA, Pertea G, Mortazavi A, Kwan G, van Baren MJ, Salzberg
SL, Wold BJ, Pachter L. (2010) Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq
reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation.
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2016
Description of Change
• Update cover with App version information.
• Revise instructions in Set Analysis Parameter sections to
reflect updated BaseSpace user interface.
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