Gcluster is a simple-to-use tool for visualizing and comparing genome contexts for numerous genomes. It is freely available at https://www.microbialgenomic.cn/Gcluster_tool.html and https://github.com/Xiangyang1984/Gcluster under an open source GPLv3 license. It is a stand-alone Perl application, which requires MCL, NCBI BLAST+ and several Perl Modules (e.g. GD, GD::SVG) to be installed before use.
If using Gcluster, please cited: Li X, Chen F, Chen Y. Gcluster: a simple-to-use tool for visualizing and comparing genome contexts for numerous genomes, Bioinformatics 2020, 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa212.
Gcluster is a Perl script which doesn't need compilation. But before running, Gcluster needs to pre-install several Perl modules and three extra programs. In addition, the paths of those three programs within Gcluster.pl and interested_gene_generation.pl must be set. There are two ways to install the Gcluster.
We have build a bioconda package for Gcluster. Users are recommended to install the conda, then to install this package with the following command:
$ conda install -c bioconda gcluster
Once installation finished, the absolute paths for mcl, blastp and makeblastdb have been auto-configured well for Gcluster.pl and interested_gene_generation.pl, so users should be able to run Grun itcluster.
If Gcluster is installed via Conda, all the three scripts (Gcluster.pl, interested_gene_generation.pl and test.pl) can be executed without adding "perl" in the front of these scripts. For example, run Gcluster.pl by just typing "Gcluster.pl <arg1> <arg2>" in the command line instead of having to type "perl Gcluster.pl <arg1> <arg2>".
Gcluster is available at https://github.com/xiangyang1984/Gcluster.git. Installation Gcluster can be accomplished by downloading the code and then following the steps below.
Download Gcluster，and put the Gcluster directory into your PATH with the following command：
$ git clone https://github.com/xiangyang1984/Gcluster.git
$ export PATH=/path/to/Gcluster/:$PATH
The Gcluster requires Perl as well as Perl modules including GD; GD::SVG, SVG; threads, File::Basename, FindBin, File::Spec, lib, Getopt::Long, Math::BigFloat, Storable, vars, Bio::SeqIO, Bio::Tree::NodeI, Bio::TreeIO.
These modules can be installed with cpan using:
$ sudo cpan install GD GD::SVG SVG threads File::Basename FindBin lib Getopt::Long Math::BigFloat Storable vars BioPerl
Additional software dependencies for the Gcluster are as follows:
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makeblastdb and blastp
Both of them come from NCBI BLAST+, available at https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/LATEST/ -
mcl (Markov Clustering algorithm)
This software is available at http://micans.org/mcl/
***Please set the absolute path for three programs within "Gcluster.pl", as in the following example:
my $blastp = "/usr/bin/blastp";
my $makeblastdb = "/usr/bin/makeblastdb";
my $MCL = "/usr/bin/mcl";
***Please set the absolute path for three programs within "interested_gene_generation.pl", as in the following example:
my $blastp = "/usr/bin/blastp";
my $makeblastdb = "/usr/bin/makeblastdb";
Once Gcluster installation finished, a small dataset in the ./test_data directory can be used to test whether Gcluster (for Gcluster.pl and interested_gene_generation.pl) can run on your system (Linux/MacOS) successfully or not using the test.pl script as below:
$ perl ./test.pl (if Gcluster is intalled from source code) or $ test.pl (if Gcluster is installed via Conda)
Test-step1: Begin test Gcluster.pl...
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Tue Feb 18 13:16:12 2020: Gcluster.pl start...
GenBank_extraction_percent: 11...22...33...44...55...66...77...88...100...done
Step 1-1: Extract all predicted proteomic sequences of each genebank file in folder, and transformat protein sequence into a ID-sequence hash
Step 1-2: Extract all feature table of each genebank file in folder
Step 2: Generate a sub-TFT table file containing the gene information flanking the interested gene
Step 3: Extract the interested gene related sub-proteomic sequences according the sub-TFT table files
Blast_perform_percent: 11...22...33...44...55...66...77...88...100...done
Step 4: Obtain the homologous gene clusters information
Step 5(-PNG): Be going to create a size of 992.575x655 PNG image
Step 6(-PNG): PNG format was chosen to map
Step 7(-PNG): PNG Figure will be generated, please wait!!!
Step 5(-SVG): Be going to create a size of 932.735x655 SVG image
Step 6(-SVG): SVG format was chosen to map
Step 7(-SVG): SVG Figure will be generated, please wait!!!
Tue Feb 18 13:16:27 2020: Finished!
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Ok, Gcluster.pl works success!
Test-step2: Begin test interested_gene_generation.pl...
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Tue Feb 18 13:16:27 2020: interested_gene_generation.pl start...
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Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Warning: [blastp] Examining 5 or more matches is recommended
Tue Feb 18 13:17:01 2020: Finished!
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Ok, interested_gene_generation.pl works success!
The Warning happens because the user database has less than 5 sequences in it. Once all tests have passed then you are ready to start using the Gcluster.
It is very simple to use Gcluster. First, prepare input datas, at least containing Genbank_file_directory and interested_gene_file; then, run Gcluster like this "perl Gcluster.pl -dir Genbank_file_directory -gene interested_gene_file", and a figure will be created; finally, customize the figure by adjusting the parameters (please refer to Detailed Explanations for Arguments) or editing the gene label, and re-run Gcluster to obtain a high-quality figure.
To run Gcluster, users only need to prepare two mandatory input datas: (1) Genbank_file_directory and (2) interested_gene_file. In addition, if a strain_reorder_file or a phylogenetic_file provided, Gcluster can sort the genomes context according to the strain ordering infomation, or auto-map the genome contexts to the phylogenetic tree.
Four input datas are as follows:
Genbank_file_directory, a directory containing annotated genomes as Genbank format file (e.g. test_data/gbk). Download Genbank files and put them into a directory. Genbank files can be retrieved from NCBI, RAST or other genomic annotation piplines. For a large number of genomes, users are recommended to download from NCBI genome database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/browse/#!/overview/) using Aspera, a high-speed file transfer tool.
It should be noted that genomes must be annotated, and special characters and blank are not allowed in file names.
interested_gene_file: a list of genes of interest, in which each row contains a locus tag of the gene of interest, and each genome has only one gene. For example, if there are 50 genomes in "genbank_file_directory", each of these 50 genomes must have a locus tag of gene of interest in "interested_gene_file". It should be noted that each genome must contains only one locus tag in the interested_gene_file if a phylogenetic_file option is used.
A gene of interest file generated looks like:
THIARS_RS06055 #Thiomonas_delicata_DSM_16361
THIX_RS16425 #Thiomonas_sp._X19
AX2_RS10405 #Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_NBRC_15126_ATCC_27061
KUC_RS10495 #Halomonas_boliviensis_LC1
KYC_RS14580 #Achromobacter_arsenitoxydans_SY8
...
The locus tag of the gene of interest can be found directly using keywords in GenBank files or in BLAST outputs from online sources (e.g. NCBI, RAST). if visualizing and comparing many genomes, Users are recommended to use interested_gene_generation.pl in Gcluster package to obtain a list of locus tag of interested genes based on a local blastp analysis.
interested_gene_generation.pl needs "Genbank_file_directory" (the same input file data for Gcluster.pl) and "a blast database file" to run. A blast database file, a protein database in FASTA format, which contains at least one protein sequence homologous to the gene of interest. For example, In the "./test_data" directory, aioB.fasta is a blast database file.
$ cat test_data/aioB.fasta
>YO5_RS17935
MSQFKDRVPLPPIDAQKTNMACHFCIVGCGYHVYKWPANKEGGRAPEQNALNVDFTRQVPPMQITMTPAMVNRIKDNDGSEHNIMIIPDKECEVNKGLSSTRGGQMASIMYSENTPIGERRLKVPMLYTGDDWIETTWQQSMDIYAGLTKRILDEDGPEQILFNLFDHGGAGGGFENTWATGKLIFSGIGTPMVRIHNRPAYNSECHATRDMGVGELNNSYEDAELADVLISIGNNPYESQTNYFLAHWVPNLQGATTGKKKERYPGESFAKAKIIFVDPRRTISVDISETVAGKDHVLHLAINPGTDTALFNGLLTYVVEKGWQDDEFIQNHTTGFDDTLASNKLSLSECSVITGITEDDLRKAAEWAYQPKESGHAPRTMHAYEKGVIWGNDNYRIQSSIVNLVLATHNVGRRGTGVVRMGGHQEGYVRPPYPGGRPAPYIDQEIIKNNGMMLTVWACNAFQTTVNAETYREAVKRRANIVNQALAKARGASTEQLINIIYDAVKNQGGLYLVDIDLYRTKFADSSHMLLPAAHPGEMNLTSMNGERRLRLSERFMDPPGIAKADCMIAADMANALKRLYEGEGNTEMAQRFSGFDWQSEEDSFNDGFRMAHEKEIDSQGGPTGHLATYERLRAAGTNGVQLPIKEYRDGKLIGTEILYSDNTFDTDDGKAHFQPSPWNGFPAVIEAQQKNHAFWINNGRTNHIWQSAYHDQHLSFRKGRFPMAPLEINPEDAAQLGIAAGDIVEIYNDYGATYAMAYPEPDIKRGQVFMMFGYPNGVQGDTVSEWTDRNVIPYYKGAWADIRKVGENEAYKHSVSFKRRRYS
Run interested_gene_generation.pl using the following conmmand: (** if many genomes are used to analysis, set "-m" option to use multiple threads, e.g. -m 4)
$ perl interested_gene_generation.pl -dir test_data/Genbank_file_directory -db test_data/aioB.fastaIt would generate a output file named (e.g. test_data/interested_gene_name.txt). In this file, the blast hits are listed for each genome per row; the best hit (top hit) was used as gene of interest for each genome, and the other none-top hits are also listed followed by "#".
Users can directly use the interested_gene_name.txt as "interested_gene_file", or create a new interested_gene_file based on the interested_gene_name.txt.
A phylogenetic tree must be Newick format. It is used by Gcluster to automatically accociate the genomic contexts with their phylogeny. It should be noted that all nodes name in provided tree must completely match with the genbank files name of all genomes. Gcluster provides a perlscript (script/extract_rRNA_dir.pl) for batch extraction of 16S rRNA gene sequences from gbk directory, which can be used to build a 16S rRNA gene tree using software like MEGA.
For example, In the "./test_data" directory, 16S_rRNA_tree.nwk is a Newick format phylogenetic tree that looks like:
((Thiomonas_arsenitoxydans_3As:0.00000000,(Thiomonas_intermedia_K12:0.00000000,(Thiomonas_sp._ACO3:0.00000000,(Thiomonas_sp._ACO7:0.00000000,Thiomonas_sp._B1:0.00000000)0.9480:0.00000000)0.9480:0.00000000)0.9480:0.00000000)0.9480:0.00114649,Thiomonas_intermedia_ATCC_15466:0.00539174,((Thiomonas_delicata_DSM_16361:0.00511954,Thiomonas_sp._X19:0.00997309)0.6650:0.00159532,Thiomonas_sp._FB-Cd:0.00731752)1.0000:0.05355405);
A two-column tab-delimited text file is used to sort genomes from up to down accoding to users requirement. Each row must consist of a strain name followed by the numerical order that is used for sorting genomes. It should be noted that all strains name must completely match with the genbank files name of all genomes. Gcluster needs a "strain_reorder_file" or a "phylogenetic_file", but not both at the same time.
For example, In the "./test_data" directory, temp_strain_reorder_file is a strain reorder file that looks like:
| strain_name | order |
|---|---|
| Thiomonas_sp._FB-Cd | 1 |
| Thiomonas_sp._X19 | 4 |
| Thiomonas_delicata_DSM_16361 | 3 |
| Thiomonas_intermedia_ATCC_15466 | 2 |
| Thiomonas_sp._B1 | 5 |
| Thiomonas_sp._ACO7 | 6 |
| Thiomonas_intermedia_K12 | 9 |
| Thiomonas_arsenitoxydans_3As | 7 |
| Thiomonas_sp._ACO3 | 8 |
Here, we provided several examples to show how to use Gcluster.pl. All input datas come from ./test_data in Gcluster package. To get more information about the options, please refer to the Section: Detailed Explanations for Arguments in Gcluster.pl in the README.md file or use "Gcluster.pl -h".
Runs Gcluster.pl using the input gbk files under ./test_data/gbk and interested_gene_name.txt as interested_gene_file. Places data in ./out_directory. Gets other parameters using default value.
$ perl Gcluster.pl -dir ./test_data/gbk -gene ./test_data/interested_gene_name.txt -o ./out_directory
Example 2: A Newick format tree file is used by Gcluster to automatically accociate the genomic context with their phylogeny
Runs Gcluster.pl using the input gbk files under ./test_data/gbk, interested_gene_name.txt as interested_gene_file, and 16S_rRNA_tree.nwk as phylogenetic_file. Places data in ./out_directory. Gets other parameters using default value.
$ perl Gcluster.pl -dir ./test_data/gbk -gene ./test_data/interested_gene_name.txt -tree ./test_data/16S_rRNA_tree.nwk -o out_directory
Example 3: A two-column tab-delimited text file is used to sort genomes from up to down accoding to users requirement
Runs Gcluster.pl using the input gbk files under ./test_data/gbk, interested_gene_name.txt as interested_gene_file, and temp_strain_reorder_file as strain_reorder_file. Places data in ./out_directory. Gets other parameters using default value.
$ perl Gcluster.pl -dir ./test_data/gbk -gene ./test_data/interested_gene_name.txt -srf temp_strain_reorder_file -o out_directory -n 100
Runs Gcluster.pl using the input gbk files under ./test_data/gbk, interested_gene_name.txt as interested_gene_file, and 16S_rRNA_tree.nwk as phylogenetic_file. Places data in ./out_directory. 4 threads are used, 100 genes flanked gene of interest are set to show, and other parameters use default value.
$ perl Gcluster.pl -dir ./test_data/gbk -gene ./test_data/interested_gene_name.txt -tree ./test_data/16S_rRNA_tree.nwk -o out_directory -m 4 -n 100
Example 5: Jump to generate a collection of sub-TFT tables and perform homologous gene analysis (Default: F). Skips sequences extraction and TFT file generation.
$ perl Gcluster.pl -dir ./test_data/gbk -gene ./test_data/interested_gene_name.txt -o out_directory -sub_TFT T
Example 6: Jump to map generation. Generation of a collection of sub-TFT tables and homologous gene clusters has already been done.
$ perl Gcluster.pl -dir ./test_data/gbk -gene ./test_data/interested_gene_name.txt -o out_directory -map T
After a figure has been created, the user can customize figure by modofication of the parameters, and re-draw the figure by using option "--start_at_map = T", which is a useful option to customize the map quickly.
Gcluster offers flexibility to customize figure, mainly contains:
Adjusting the margins, the interval between two neighboring genomes, the text size, the gene length and width, the scale, the rotation angle of gene labels, the order of genome contexts and so on. To get more information about the options, please refer to the Section: Detailed Explanations for Arguments in Gcluster.pl in the README.md file or use "Gcluster.pl -h".
Revising the gene label. Users can revise the gene label by directly edition of the locus_tag in sub_TFT file or all_orthomcl.out file.
- Exzample 1: editing the locus_tag in sub_TFT file:
Sub_TFT files are located in "Gcluster_output_directory/directory_part_TFT". a sub_TFT file looks like:
3070412 3069432 CDS THI_RS14510 hypothetical protein NC_014145
3070903 3070325 CDS THI_RS14515 hypothetical protein NC_014145
3072251 3070956 CDS THI_RS14520 molybdopterin molybdenumtransferase MoeA NC_014145
3073392 3072256 CDS THI_RS14525 GTP 3',8-cyclase MoaA NC_014145
3073775 3073434 CDS THI_RS14530 ArsR family transcriptional regulator NC_014145
3074068 3073772 CDS THI_RS14535 hypothetical protein NC_014145
3074645 3074097 CDS THI_RS14540 nitroreductase NC_014145
...
Directly edit the locus_tag, e.g. revised "THI_RS14520" to "moeA;THI_RS14520":
3070412 3069432 CDS THI_RS14510 hypothetical protein NC_014145
3070903 3070325 CDS THI_RS14515 hypothetical protein NC_014145
3072251 3070956 CDS moeA;THI_RS14520 molybdopterin molybdenumtransferase MoeA NC_014145
3073392 3072256 CDS THI_RS14525 GTP 3',8-cyclase MoaA NC_014145
3073775 3073434 CDS THI_RS14530 ArsR family transcriptional regulator NC_014145
3074068 3073772 CDS THI_RS14535 hypothetical protein NC_014145
3074645 3074097 CDS THI_RS14540 nitroreductase NC_014145
...
Run Gcluster again with the same options as the first run, but add the option "-start_at_map T". In the new figure, "All genes homologous to THI_RS14520 will have gene label "moeA" in output figure if option "--unification_label" set to "T".
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Exzample 2: editing the locus_tag in all_orthomcl.out file:
homologous_gene_cluster_8(5 genes,5 taxa): ACO3_RS13890 ACO7_RS14160 THICB1_RS17625 THIX_RS16470 THI_RS14520
revised to:
homologous_gene_cluster_8(5 genes,5 taxa): ACO3_RS13890 ACO7_RS14160 THICB1_RS17625 THIX_RS16470 moeA;THI_RS14520
Run Gcluster again with the same options as the first run, but add the option "-start_at_map T". In the new figure, all genes homologous to THI_RS14520 will have gene label "moeA" in output figure if option "--unification_label" set to "T".
Using yourself homologous gene clusters. By instead of "all_orthomcl.out" created by Gcluster, users can supply homologous gene clusters from their own homologous genes analysis output using a third-party tool (e.g. the current OrthoMCL release which uses a SQL database). When using a third-party tool to do homologous genes analysis, the input protein sequence files should follow these rules:
* Must use the "locus_tag" (e.g. THIARS_RS06055) or "genename;locus_tag" (e.g. aioB;THIARS_RS06055) as the sequence id. We recommonded users to use the protein sequence files produced by Gcluster as input data to detect homologous genes.
* the format of output must keep consistent with that of the "all_orthomcl.out" created by Gcluster. In the all_orthomcl.out file, each row contains a set of homologous gene cluster, and the format looks like this "cluster_1*: gene1 gene2 gene3 ...".
Please following these steps:
(1) Run Gcluster to create a figure according to your customized options;
(2) Open "Gcluster_output_directory/directory_homologs_cluster", which is the place to hold the homologous gene cluster file "all_orthomcl.out" generated by Gcluster. Place your supplied homologous genes analysis output into this directory, rename it with suffix ".out" (e.g. group.out), and delete "all_orthomcl.out";
(3) Run Gcluster again with the same options as step (1), but add the option "-start_at_map T".
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REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
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-dir, --genbank_file_directory
A Directory containing annotated genomes as Genbank format file. To avoid a mistake, genome names cannot use special character, such as space, equal. For large number of genomes, users are recommended to download using Aspera, a high-speed file transfer tool (https://downloads.asperasoft.com/). If enough rgb colors provided or not to color homologous genes, there are no limitation to the number of genomes and the number of genes flanking gene of interest for Gcluster.
-gene, --interested_gene_file
A list of the interested gene, in which each line contains a locus tag of the interested gene for individual genome. Users are recommended to use "interested_gene_generation.pl" in Gcluster package for generation this file. In this situation, user needs to provide a blast database file in FASTA format, which contains at least one protein sequence homologous to the gene of interest. To map genome contexts to a given phylogeny or to order the genome contexts using a "strain_reorder_file", only one gene of interest is allowed to provide for each genome.
For example:
AX2_RS10405 #arsenite_oxidase_large_subunit;Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_NBRC_15126_ATCC_27061
KUC_RS10495 #arsenite_oxidase_large_subunit;Halomonas_boliviensis_LC1
KYC_RS14580 #arsenite_oxidase_large_subunit;Achromobacter_arsenitoxydans_SY8
...
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
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-o, --Gcluster_output_directory
An output directory holding all the generated files by Gcluster.pl. if this option is not set, Gcluster will create a directory named "Gcluster_workplace" in the bin directory from where Gcluster.pl was invoked.
-tree, --phylogenetic_file
A Newick format tree file is used by Gcluster to automatically accociate the genomes with their phylogeny. Meanwhile, Gcluster will output a file named "temp_strain_reorder_file", which contains the order information of genomes in tree from up to down. It should be noted that all nodes name in provided tree must completely match with the genbank files name of all genomes.
Gcluster provides a perlscript in "Gcluster/script" directory for batch extraction of 16S rRNA gene sequences, which can be used to build a 16S rRNA tree using software like MEGA (https://www.megasoftware.net/).
-topology, --show_tree_topology
Display the tree topology, which is obtained from the tree file (Default: T).
-branch, --show_tree_branch
Draw tree using tree branch length, which is obtained from the tree file (Default: F).
--x_step
Draw tree using xstep instead of tree branch length (Default: 10).
-bootstrap, --show_tree_bootstrap
Display the tree bootstrap value, which is obtained from the tree file (Default: F).
-srf, --strain_reorder_file
A two-column tab-delimited text file is used to sort genomes from up to down accoding to users requirement. Each row must consist of a strain name followed by the numerical order that is used for sorting genomes. It should be noted that all strains name must completely match with the genbank files name of all genomes. Gcluster needs a "strain_reorder_file" or a "phylogenetic_file", but not both at the same time.
For example:
Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_NCTC10807 1
Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_NBRC_15126_ATCC_27061 2
Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_NCTC10808 9
Achromobacter_sp._2789STDY5608623 5
Achromobacter_sp._2789STDY5608621 4
Alcaligenes_faecalis_subsp._faecalis_NCIB_8687 10
Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_DPB_1 7
Achromobacter_xylosoxidans_B_1 8
Achromobacter_piechaudii_HLE 3
Achromobacter_marplatensis_B2 6
... ...
-n, --flanking_gene_number
Number of genes flanking gene of interest are set to show. If enough rgb colors provided or not to color homologous genes, there are no limitation to the number of genomes and the number of genes flanking gene of interest (Default: 10).
-color_f, --gene_color_filled
Color was used to fill homologous gene clusters or gene families of interest (Default: T), if choose F, all of the genes were filled with the color customized by "gene_no_color_filled" parameter).
-pso, --percent_strain_homologouscluster_color
Only color certain homologous gene clusters, in which the holding number of different genomes exceeds the threshold number (Default: 0). This is measured using (X/Y)*100. In this formula, X denotes the number of different genomes in a set of homologous gene cluster, and Y denotes the total number of genomes. This parameter is useful when no enough rgb colors are provided in colors_configure_file under color_configure direcoty. Users could to reduce the number of colors used by setting a high value.
-c_color_b, --cds_color_border
To color the border of the CDS genes (Default: black), users can choose from blue, black, red, white, gray, dgray.
-p_color_b, --pseudo_gene_color_border
To color the border of the Pseudo genes (Default: dgray), users can choose from blue, black, red, white, gray, dgray.
-r_color_b, --RNA_gene_color_border
To color the border of the RNA (tRNA, rRNA) genes (Default: red), users can choose from blue, black, red, white, gray, dgray.
-no_color_f, --gene_no_color_filled
To fill uniqe genes (including RNA genes), pseudo genes, and homologous gene clusters not meeting the criteria set by "percent_strain_homologouscluster_color" parameter with a single color (Default: white), users can choose from blue, black, red, white, gray, dgray.
-dw, --line_drawing_width
Set the line drawing width (Default: 1).
-l, --arrow_relative_Length
Set the relative length of the gene arrow (Default: 4).
-w, --arrow_relative_Height
Set the relative Height of the gene arrow (Default: 6).
-scale, --figure_Scale_up_multiple
Adjust gene length through zooming (Default: 0.5).
-s_Y, --strain_name_shift_Y
Set the offset along Y-axis for strain names (Default: 0).
-g_Y, --gene_label_shift_Y
Set the offset along Y-axis for gene labels (Default: 2).
-dis, --distance_between_two_genomes
Set the distance between two genome contexts in Y-axis (Default: 70).
-up, --up_shift
Set the top margin of image in pixels (Default: 10).
-down, --down_shift
Set the bottom margin of image in pixels (Default: 20).
-left, --left_shift
Set the left margin of image in pixels (Default: 10).
-right, --right_shift
Set the right margin of image in pixels (Default: 20).
-label, --show_label
Display the gene label (gene Locus Tag or genename) (Default: T).
-ul, --unification_label
Unify gene label for homologous gene cluster (Default: T). Among a set of homologous gene cluster, if a gene is annotated with a name X, all other genes will be labeled with X.
-family, --font_family
Set font family for the genome name and the gene label, e.g. Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana and so on (Default: Times New Roman). Users are suggested to choose font family listed in metrcis module, or causing a miscalculation of string width for genome name in SVG-format map.
-style, --font_style
Set font style for the genome name and the gene label, e.g. Normal, Bold, Italic (Default: Normal). It should be noted that the font style "Bold" does not work when using to cearte a PNG format figure in MacOS.
-size, --label_font_size
Set font size for gene label (Default: 6).
-color, --label_font_color
Set font color for gene label (Default: dgray).
-i_color, --interested_gene_label_font_color
Customize gene label color for gene of interest (Default: red), users can choose from blue, black, red, white, gray, dgray.
-r, --rotate_gene_label (Default: 30)
Rotate the angle of the gene label, e.g. 30, 45, 135 and so on.
--strain_name_font_size
Set font size for genome name (Default: 12).
--Strain_name_font_color
set font color for genome name (Default: black). Users can choose from blue, black, red, white, gray, dgray.
-Bst, --homologous_gene_cutoff
Array to set blast parse cutoff: E-value, Identify, Coverage, Match_length (Default: E-value=1-e5, Identify=0, Coverage=50%, Match_length=0).
-m, --multiple_threads
Numbers of thread to use (Default: 1).
-SVG, --SVG_image
Create SVG format figure (Default: T).
-PNG, --PNG_image
Create PNG format figure (Default: T).
-sub_TFT, --start_at_sub_TFT (Default: F)
Jump to generate a collection of sub-TFT tables and perform homologous gene analysis (Default: F). Skips sequences extraction and TFT file generation.
-map, --start_at_map
Jump to map generation (Default: F). Generation of a collection of sub-TFT tables and homologous gene clusters has already been done. This parameter is very useful to customize the map quickly. It should be noted that there's no sense to reset "flanking_gene_number" parameter if this parameter set to "T".
Importantly, at this step, users can revise the gene label by directly edition of the locus_tag in sub_TFT file or all_orthomcl.out. In sub_TFT files and all_orthomcl.out file, there are two forms of gene locus tag, (1) "Locus_Tag", in this case, no genename is defined for a gene; (2) "GeneName;Locus_Tag", in this case, genename is given for a gene. For the first form, user can revise gene label by addition of a genename followed by a semicolon in the front of the Locus_Tag. For the second form, user can revise gene label by modification of the genename.
-h, --help
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Dr. Xiangyang Li (E-mail: lixiangyang@fudan.edu.cn, lixiangyang1984@gmail.com), Fudan university; Kaili University; Bacterial Genome Data mining & Bioinformatic Analysis (http://www.microbialgenomic.com/).
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