Hi Vince,

To answer your 2 questions:

1) When they appear as one record in the psl output? A single-sided gap 
in either query or target greater than 8, or a double-sided gap.

2) None of the gaps in your example are greater than 5. However there is 
a double gap. There is a reasonable extension to axt that would just use 
this format for double-gaps:
xxx-----TCTyyyy
xxxCCGCC---yyyy
BLAT may somdeday be extended to do this, but no concrete plan or 
timeframe is available. Thanks for the suggestion.

Please contact us again at [email protected] if you have any further 
questions.

---
Luvina Guruvadoo
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


On 4/5/2012 6:06 AM, Vince Forgetta wrote:
> Hi Brook,
>
> Thanks for the information. From my experience analyzing axt-formatted
> BLAT output I have seen "small" gaps:
>
> 1880 chrI 23756490 23756857 GAC44FG01DKAZH 1 362 - 32274
> caaaagaccagctagacctcgcatccaatcaagtctagattaataaatttttaaataaatcaaccccaaaatcaaaaccataaactcaagtctcataagcatgtccgacaccttcctcgcaactcactatcccacgccgagatatccccacagagcctcgttggctgctcgctgtcgctatatctgtatcagtctcactgtagcgctctttccctttttgtccgcctctcgcattttcgtcatccccacaacacagcggtagcgctcctcttctcctcctcctgctgcttactatctattgccttctcttaaacttaactttcccgcgccttctcatttttagttctctactttctcaactcgtctct
> caaaagaccagctagacctcgcatccaatcaagtctagattaataaa-ttttaaataaatcaaccccaaaatcaaaaccataaactcaagtctcataagcatgtccgacaccttcctcgcaactcactatcccacgccgagatatccccacagagcctcgttggctgctcgctgtcgctatatctgtatcagtctcactgtagcgctctttccc-ttttgtccgcctctcgcattttcgtcatccccacaacacagcggtagcgctcctcttctcctcctcctgctgcttactatctattgccttctcttaaacttaac-ttcccgcgccttctcattt--agttctctac-ttctcaactcgtctct
>
> So, to more precisely define my question:
>
> Given that small gaps are possible in axt-formatted BLAT alignments:
>
> 1) what is the cutoff for breaking them into two axt alignment records
> when they appear as one record in the psl output?
> 2) can this cutoff be modified to give the same results as the psl
> output?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Vince
>
>
> On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 18:55 -0700, Brooke Rhead wrote:
>> Hi Vince,
>>
>> There is not a way to make BLAT join the two alignments.  Rows in the
>> axt alignment format (http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/axt.html)
>> cannot contain gaps.
>>
>> I hope this is helpful.  If you have further questions, please contact
>> us again at [email protected].
>>
>> --
>> Brooke Rhead
>> UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/30/12 7:09 AM, Vince Forgetta wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using BLAT to align 454 reads back to an assembly that uses the
>>> same reads.  I noticed that the axt output breaks across two alignments,
>>> while the psl output is within one line (see below). Is there a way to
>>> report the axt output as one alignment?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for the help.
>>>
>>> Vince
>>>
>>> ** PSL OUTPUT **
>>> 381 2       0       0       5       9       9       13      +
>>> GAC44FG01BFDF9      392     0       392     chrI    31789037 24269501
>>> 24269897    14      164,6,48,3,6,6,6,6,19,7,80,7,18,7,
>>> 0,164,170,218,221,227,233,239,245,265,277,358,366,385,
>>> 24269501,24269666,24269673,24269722,24269727,24269735,24269742,24269749,24269756,24269775,24269785,24269865,24269872,24269890,
>>>
>>> ** AXT OUTPUT **
>>> 0 chrI 24269502 24269782 GAC44FG01BFDF9 1 272 + 20942
>>> <ALIGNMENT>
>>>
>>> 1 chrI 24269786 24269897 GAC44FG01BFDF9 278 392 + 9145
>>> <ALIGNMENT>
>>>
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