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[Mahmut Uludag]

If anyone else on the list is also interested to know how to get TSS
information using Ensembl I forward Harpreet's message below. Harpreet
told me "Eponine regions" feature should be used to get TSS information
for Humans.

Regards,
Mahmut


On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 16:46 +0000, Harpreet Saini wrote:
> Hi Mahvash,
> 
> I have used Ensembl web site many times to get the information about  
> the transcription start sites (TSS). You can get the TSS from the  
> features link in the Ensembl genome browser for your organism of  
> interest.
> The other thing is that you can also easily obtain the start/end of  
> mRNA and coding regions from the Ensembl database using the Perl API.  
> If you have not used Ensembl or perl API before, then the ensembl web  
> site have very nice tutorials for beginners.
> 
> Hope this will help you.
> 
> Regards
> Harpreet
> 
> On 12 Nov 2008, at 16:38, Mahmut Uludag wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mahvash,
> >
> >> iam a bioinformatics student and workin in linux .. my project is on
> >> coxepression of genes in humans ... but i dont know much abt java..  
> >> as  java
> >> is the language which  linux supports and not csharp..
> >> i wanted to compare the start of mrna and coding regions to check the
> >> presence or absence of TSS ...
> >
> > I talked to a colleague from the EBI RNA genomics group about your
> > question. Harpreet told me you can do these comparisons using the
> > Ensembl web site. I now forward your message to Harpreet. (If she  
> > can't
> > post her answer to the emboss list, as she is not a member on the  
> > list,
> > I will try posting on her behalf)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mahmut
> >
> >> if anyone can help i will be really grateful..
> >> thanks
> >> mahvash
> >
> 
> Harpreet Kaur Saini
> Enright Group
> EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
> Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
> Hinxton, Cambridge
> CB10 1SD
> Tel: +44-(0) 1223-492676
> 
> 
> 
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