Differential Splicing
Use Ballgown and Stringtie to compare the UHR and HBR conditions against reference guided and de novo transcript assemblies.
Refer to the Stringtie manual for a more detailed explanation: https://ccb.jhu.edu/software/stringtie/index.shtml?t=manual
The Ballgown github page also has documentation for getting started with ballgown: https://github.com/alyssafrazee/ballgown
Calculate UHR and HBR expression estimates, for known/novel (reference guided mode) transcripts
Re-run Stringtie using the reference guided merged GTF, and output tables for Ballgown. Store the results in a new directory so that we can still examine the results generated without the merged GTF.
cd $RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/
mkdir ref_guided_merged
cd ref_guided_merged
stringtie -p 8 -G ../ref_guided/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o HBR_Rep1/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/HBR_Rep1.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../ref_guided/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o HBR_Rep2/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/HBR_Rep2.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../ref_guided/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o HBR_Rep3/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/HBR_Rep3.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../ref_guided/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o UHR_Rep1/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/UHR_Rep1.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../ref_guided/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o UHR_Rep2/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/UHR_Rep2.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../ref_guided/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o UHR_Rep3/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/UHR_Rep3.bam
Run Ballgown using the reference guided, merged transcripts
mkdir -p $RNA_HOME/de/ballgown/ref_guided_merged/
cd $RNA_HOME/de/ballgown/ref_guided_merged/
printf "\"ids\",\"type\",\"path\"\n\"UHR_Rep1\",\"UHR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/ref_guided_merged/UHR_Rep1\"\n\"UHR_Rep2\",\"UHR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/ref_guided_merged/UHR_Rep2\"\n\"UHR_Rep3\",\"UHR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/ref_guided_merged/UHR_Rep3\"\n\"HBR_Rep1\",\"HBR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/ref_guided_merged/HBR_Rep1\"\n\"HBR_Rep2\",\"HBR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/ref_guided_merged/HBR_Rep2\"\n\"HBR_Rep3\",\"HBR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/ref_guided_merged/HBR_Rep3\"\n" > UHR_vs_HBR.csv
Please see Differential Expression for details on running ballgown to determine a DE gene/transcript list.
Calculate UHR and HBR expression estimates, for known/novel (de novo mode) transcripts:
Re-run Stringtie using the de novo merged GTF, and output tables for Ballgown. Store the results in a new directory so that we can still examine the results generated without the merged GTF.
cd $RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo
cd $RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/
mkdir de_novo_merged
cd de_novo_merged
stringtie -p 8 -G ../de_novo/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o HBR_Rep1/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/HBR_Rep1.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../de_novo/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o HBR_Rep2/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/HBR_Rep2.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../de_novo/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o HBR_Rep3/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/HBR_Rep3.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../de_novo/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o UHR_Rep1/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/UHR_Rep1.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../de_novo/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o UHR_Rep2/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/UHR_Rep2.bam
stringtie -p 8 -G ../de_novo/stringtie_merged.gtf -e -B -o UHR_Rep3/transcripts.gtf $RNA_ALIGN_DIR/UHR_Rep3.bam
Run Ballgown using the de novo, merged transcripts
mkdir -p $RNA_HOME/de/ballgown/de_novo_merged/
cd $RNA_HOME/de/ballgown/de_novo_merged/
printf "\"ids\",\"type\",\"path\"\n\"UHR_Rep1\",\"UHR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo_merged/UHR_Rep1\"\n\"UHR_Rep2\",\"UHR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo_merged/UHR_Rep2\"\n\"UHR_Rep3\",\"UHR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo_merged/UHR_Rep3\"\n\"HBR_Rep1\",\"HBR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo_merged/HBR_Rep1\"\n\"HBR_Rep2\",\"HBR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo_merged/HBR_Rep2\"\n\"HBR_Rep3\",\"HBR\",\"$RNA_HOME/expression/stringtie/de_novo_merged/HBR_Rep3\"\n" > UHR_vs_HBR.csv
Please see Differential Expression for details on running ballgown to determine a DE gene/transcript list.
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