getwigdata
getwigdata computes average values for specified genomic coordinates from WIG (Wiggle) format files to quantify coverage or signal intensity arising from next-generation DNA sequencing data.
Key Features:
- Data handling and computation: Processes WIG (Wiggle) files to compute average values across specified genomic coordinates.
- Integration with Galaxy Project: Operates within the Galaxy computational framework to enable reproducible execution of analyses.
Scientific Applications:
- Biomedical research: Supports gene expression analysis, epigenetic studies, and comparative genomics by providing averaged coverage or signal intensity metrics.
- Data-intensive studies: Facilitates processing of large-scale datasets generated by next-generation DNA sequencing to extract genomic signal summaries.
Methodology:
Processes WIG (Wiggle) format files representing continuous-valued genomic tracks (coverage or signal intensity) and computes average values across specified genomic coordinates while leveraging the Galaxy project computational framework.
Topics
Collections
Details
- Maturity:
- Mature
- Tool Type:
- web application
- Operating Systems:
- Linux, Windows, Mac
- Added:
- 12/19/2016
- Last Updated:
- 11/25/2024
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Data Inputs & Outputs
Publications
Afgan E, Baker D, van den Beek M, Blankenberg D, Bouvier D, Čech M, Chilton J, Clements D, Coraor N, Eberhard C, Grüning B, Guerler A, Hillman-Jackson J, Von Kuster G, Rasche E, Soranzo N, Turaga N, Taylor J, Nekrutenko A, Goecks J. The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2016 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 2016;44(W1):W3-W10. doi:10.1093/nar/gkw343. PMID:27137889. PMCID:PMC4987906.
Mareuil F, Doppelt-Azeroual O, Ménager H. A public Galaxy platform at Pasteur used as an execution engine for web services. Unknown Journal. 2017. doi:10.7490/f1000research.1114334.1.