很多時候我們需要從GEO(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/)下載RNA-seq數據,一個典型的下載頁面是https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE76381(搜 GSE76381)。
這里你會看到數據的總覽:
GSM2268339 1772067089_A01
GSM2268340 1772067089_A02
GSM2268341 1772067089_A03
……
Supplementary file Size Download File type/resource SRP/SRP067/SRP067844 (ftp) SRA Study GSE76381_ESMoleculeCounts.cef.txt.gz 5.9 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT GSE76381_EmbryoMoleculeCounts.cef.txt.gz 5.3 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT GSE76381_MouseAdultDAMoleculeCounts.cef.txt.gz 1.0 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT GSE76381_MouseEmbryoMoleculeCounts.cef.txt.gz 6.1 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT GSE76381_iPSMoleculeCounts.cef.txt.gz 1001.2 Kb (ftp)(http) TXT
現在我們已經從ftp上下載了該文章的所有sra數據。
名稱 大小 修改日期 [上級目錄] SRR4055063/ 2016/8/24 上午8:00:00 SRR4055064/ 2016/8/24 上午8:00:00 SRR4055065/ 2016/8/24 上午8:00:00 SRR4055066/ 2016/8/24 上午8:00:00 ......
里面每一個文件夾里對應一個或多個sra文件。
比對,SRR4061391.sra文件是一個二進制文件,需要使用sra工具來轉化為fastq。
轉換之后的fastq如下:
@SRR4061391.sra.1 Run0289_BC69A1ACXX_L7_T1101_C8 length=51 ATTCAAGGGAGTTATAAGCAGAGTCAATAATGAATTTCTTCCTGCGTCTCC +SRR4061391.sra.1 Run0289_BC69A1ACXX_L7_T1101_C8 length=51 CCCFFFFFHDHFHIJJJJJGJIIEHHIJJJJIIIIJJIIJIJJJIJJJJJJ @SRR4061391.sra.2 Run0289_BC69A1ACXX_L7_T1101_C18 length=51 TTGATTGGGCACCTAGAAGCCAAGGACTCTCTAAGTCCTAGTCTGTTTGGT +SRR4061391.sra.2 Run0289_BC69A1ACXX_L7_T1101_C18 length=51 CCCFFFFFHHHHHJJJGIJIIJJJJJJJJJJJJJJIIJJIIIJJJJJJJJF
可以看到,fastq文件里沒有任何有價值的樣品信息(物種、樣品名、細胞名、組織)。
此時你只能去文章里找相關信息:
文章里真正實用的信息很少,
The molar concentrations of the libraries was determined with KAPA Library Quant qPCR (Kapa Biosystems) and size distribution was evaluated after PCR (12cycles) using an Agilent BioAnalyzer. Sequencing was performed on an Illumina HiSeq 2000 with C1-P1-PCR2 as read 1 primer and C1-TN5-U as index read primer. Reads of 50 bp as well as 8 bp index reads corresponding to the cell-specific barcodes were generated. Reads were mapped using bowtie and processed as described previously (Zeisel et al., 2015), adding the more strict criteria for UMI counting: we removed all singletons (molecules supported by a single read).
也沒說太清楚,下載的數據中找不到那8bp的barcode,說明數據已經按照barcode拆好了。
Reads of 50 bp were generated along with 8 bp index reads corresponding to the cell-specific barcode. Each read was expected to start with a 6 bp unique molecular identifier (UMI), followed by 3-5 guanines, followed by the 5’ end of the transcript.
繞了一大圈,真正有價值的信息原來在引文中,所以現在的大牛真是喜歡拽,非要別人去讀他之前的文章。
總結:到此,該文獻的全部數據是下下來了,也已經轉換為fastq,知道fastq的格式信息,但是我們還不知道沒一個fastq的樣品信息。
回到開始的頁面,貌似有樣品的信息:
GSM2268339 1772067089_A01
GSM2268340 1772067089_A02
GSM2268341 1772067089_A03
這是全部的信息:
確實是樣品信息,樣品編號,物種信息。
點擊GSM2268340會發現一些更詳細的樣品信息:
Status Public on Oct 06, 2016 Title 1772067089_A02 Sample type SRA Source name ventral midbrain Organism Homo sapiens Characteristics tissue: ventral midbrain Sex: pooled male and female age: 7w inferred cell type: hRgl2a
總結:但是到目前我們還是找不到SRR文件的樣品信息,只是找到了GSM的。
那么怎么找SRR和GSM之間的關系呢?
直接在GEO搜索SRR4061391,結果如下:
終於找到了對應關系,SRX2050530: GSM2274293: 1772096111_A02; Mus musculus; RNA-Seq
GSM2274293包含了兩個SRR文件。
總結:到目前為止,已經能手動查找到下載的SRR文件對應的樣品信息了。但總共有6k多個,不可能這么手動查吧。
開始科普:About GEO DataSets
Lists the DataSet (GDS), Series (GSE) or Platform (GPL) accession number, followed by title and organism.
lists the Sample accessions numbers (GSM) and titles.
GDS編號:數據集
GSE編號:系列
GPL編號:平台
GSM編號:樣品登陸號
Google了很多,最后發現還是用Biopython比較靠譜,Biopython現在做得不錯了哦,維護的人變多了。
參考:
Question: From A Geo Gsm Id, How To Obtain The Corresponding Raw File(S) Hosted On Sra?