UAB Galaxy RNA Seq Step by Step Tutorial
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Galaxy RNA-Seq Step-by-Step Tutorial/Protocol
Useful Web Resources
http://main.g2.bx.psu.edu/u/jeremy/p/galaxy-rna-seq-analysis-exercise http://cufflinks.cbcb.umd.edu/ http://tophat.cbcb.umd.edu/ http://cufflinks.cbcb.umd.edu/tutorial.html
Upload data
For this tutorial, we will have 2 samples, sequences with paired-end reads on an Illumina machine. That gives us 4 FASTQ files to upload (forward and reverse sequences for each sample).
Set filetype and genome
To start, you must move the data (FASTQ) from the sequencing center into the Galaxy instance, be sure to specify the filetype (fastqsanger for UAB and HudsonAlpha) and the organism that was sequenced ("Genome database"), in this tutorial, "mm9" for mouse.
Check quality of data
At this step, we check the quality of sequencing. This says nothing about the quality of the sample, or whether it was the right sample. We'll check that later.
[NGS: QC and manipulation > FASTQ QC > Fastqc] or []
Align using TopHat
For the moment, TopHat is the only NGS aligner for transcript data - it's the only one that handles splicing. In addition, it can be set to detect indels relative to the reference genome.
We'll run TopHat once for each sample (twice, in this case).
Menu: [NGS: RNA Analysis > Tophat for Illumina ]
Parameters:
- Reads (FASTQs)
- As we're doing "paired" reads, we will need to provide 2 FASTQ files: the forward and reverse reads. In order to have a place to specify the 2nd FASTQ file, we must set the pulldown to "paired-
- Genome (Built-in or FASTA from history)
- We must provide it with the reference genome to align to. In our case, this is Mouse, and we'll use the already installed "mm9" genome build. If you have an genome that is not on the list, you can either have us add it, or you can upload a FASTA file of the genome into your history, and point TopHat at that.
- TopHat settings to use
- Defaults
- This is the easy thing to do, but, as the manual said, "There is no such thing (yet) as an automated gearshift in splice junction identification. It is all like stick-shift driving in San Francisco. In other words, running this tool with default parameters will probably not give you meaningful results."
- Full parameter list
- The most common thing to change
- Allow indel search (from NO to YES)
- Minimum isoform fraction (to 0 if looking for rare isoforms)
- Maximum/minimum intron length (defaults are for Mammals; other critters will do better with stricter settings)
- The most common thing to change
QC alignment
* %mapped * visualize in IGV or IGB
Construct transcripts : Cufflinks
* Denovo vs existing annotation * UAB Modified Reference annotations