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chaos |
Function
Create a chaos game representation plot for a sequenceDescription
A box is drawn and an AGCT is drawn at each corner.Starting from the middle, move half way to the corner of the box representing the first base in the sequence and draw a dot.
Then for each subsequent base move half way to the corresponding box corner and draw a dot.
Finally display the number and percentage values of AGCT bases.
The result is an image of a square sprinkled with dots. Areas which are devoid of dots (or heavily covered with dots) indicate short sequence motifs that are unusually infrequent (or frequent). The sequence of such motifs can be deduced by looking to see which quarter of teh square the region is in - the letter that this quarter belongs to is the first base of the motif. The quarter is then quartered again and the appropriate base letters are assigned to the corners of the quarter - the eigth part that the region is in gives the second base of the motif.
The process continues until you have identified the 1/16th or 1/32nd, etc. of the original square containing the unusual region and you now have the sequence of the motif.
Usage
Here is a sample session with chaos
% chaos tembl:eclac -graph cps Create a chaos game representation plot for a sequence Created chaos.ps |
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Command line arguments
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
[-sequence] sequence Sequence USA
-graph graph Graph type
Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
Associated qualifiers:
"-sequence" associated qualifiers
-sbegin1 integer Start of the sequence to be used
-send1 integer End of the sequence to be used
-sreverse1 boolean Reverse (if DNA)
-sask1 boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse
-snucleotide1 boolean Sequence is nucleotide
-sprotein1 boolean Sequence is protein
-slower1 boolean Make lower case
-supper1 boolean Make upper case
-sformat1 string Input sequence format
-sdbname1 string Database name
-sid1 string Entryname
-ufo1 string UFO features
-fformat1 string Features format
-fopenfile1 string Features file name
"-graph" associated qualifiers
-gprompt boolean Graph prompting
-gtitle string Graph title
-gsubtitle string Graph subtitle
-gxtitle string Graph x axis title
-gytitle string Graph y axis title
-goutfile string Output file for non interactive displays
-gdirectory string Output directory
General qualifiers:
-auto boolean Turn off prompts
-stdout boolean Write standard output
-filter boolean Read standard input, write standard output
-options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values
-debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg
-verbose boolean Report some/full command line options
-help boolean Report command line options. More
information on associated and general
qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
-warning boolean Report warnings
-error boolean Report errors
-fatal boolean Report fatal errors
-die boolean Report deaths
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| Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [-sequence] (Parameter 1) |
Sequence USA | Readable sequence | Required |
| -graph | Graph type | EMBOSS has a list of known devices, including postscript, ps, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, meta, colourps, cps, xwindows, x11, tektronics, tekt, tek4107t, tek, none, null, text, data, xterm, png, xml | EMBOSS_GRAPHICS value, or x11 |
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
| (none) | |||
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
| (none) | |||
Input file format
Any DNA sequence USA.Input files for usage example
'tembl:eclac' is a sequence entry in the example nucleic acid database 'tembl'
Database entry: tembl:eclac
ID ECLAC standard; DNA; PRO; 7477 BP.
XX
AC J01636; J01637; K01483; K01793;
XX
SV J01636.1
XX
DT 30-NOV-1990 (Rel. 26, Created)
DT 04-MAR-2000 (Rel. 63, Last updated, Version 7)
XX
DE E.coli lactose operon with lacI, lacZ, lacY and lacA genes.
XX
KW acetyltransferase; beta-D-galactosidase; galactosidase; lac operon;
KW lac repressor protein; lacA gene; lacI gene; lactose permease; lacY gene;
KW lacZ gene; mutagenesis; palindrome; promoter region;
KW thiogalactoside acetyltransferase.
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OS Escherichia coli
OC Bacteria; Proteobacteria; gamma subdivision; Enterobacteriaceae;
OC Escherichia.
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RN [1]
RP 1243-1266
RX MEDLINE; 74055539.
RA Gilbert W., Maxam A.;
RT "The nucleotide sequence of the lac operator";
RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 70:3581-3584(1973).
XX
RN [2]
RP 1246-1308
RX MEDLINE; 74055540.
RA Maizels N.M.;
RT "The nucleotide sequence of the lactose messenger ribonucleic acid
RT transcribed from the UV5 promoter mutant of Escherichia coli";
RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 70:3585-3589(1973).
XX
RN [3]
RX MEDLINE; 74174501.
RA Gilbert W., Maizels N., Maxam A.;
RT "Sequences of controlling regions of the lactose operon";
RL Cold Spring Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol. 38:845-855(1974).
XX
RN [4]
RA Gilbert W., Gralla J., Majors A.J., Maxam A.;
RT "Lactose operator sequences and the action of lac repressor";
RL (in) Sund H., Blauer G. (eds.);
RL PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS:193-207;
RL Walter de Gruyter, New York (1975)
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RN [5]
RP 1146-1282
[Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]
cgatttggct acatgacatc aaccatatca gcaaaagtga tacgggtatt atttttgccg 4560
ctatttctct gttctcgcta ttattccaac cgctgtttgg tctgctttct gacaaactcg 4620
ggctgcgcaa atacctgctg tggattatta ccggcatgtt agtgatgttt gcgccgttct 4680
ttatttttat cttcgggcca ctgttacaat acaacatttt agtaggatcg attgttggtg 4740
gtatttatct aggcttttgt tttaacgccg gtgcgccagc agtagaggca tttattgaga 4800
aagtcagccg tcgcagtaat ttcgaatttg gtcgcgcgcg gatgtttggc tgtgttggct 4860
gggcgctgtg tgcctcgatt gtcggcatca tgttcaccat caataatcag tttgttttct 4920
ggctgggctc tggctgtgca ctcatcctcg ccgttttact ctttttcgcc aaaacggatg 4980
cgccctcttc tgccacggtt gccaatgcgg taggtgccaa ccattcggca tttagcctta 5040
agctggcact ggaactgttc agacagccaa aactgtggtt tttgtcactg tatgttattg 5100
gcgtttcctg cacctacgat gtttttgacc aacagtttgc taatttcttt acttcgttct 5160
ttgctaccgg tgaacagggt acgcgggtat ttggctacgt aacgacaatg ggcgaattac 5220
ttaacgcctc gattatgttc tttgcgccac tgatcattaa tcgcatcggt gggaaaaacg 5280
ccctgctgct ggctggcact attatgtctg tacgtattat tggctcatcg ttcgccacct 5340
cagcgctgga agtggttatt ctgaaaacgc tgcatatgtt tgaagtaccg ttcctgctgg 5400
tgggctgctt taaatatatt accagccagt ttgaagtgcg tttttcagcg acgatttatc 5460
tggtctgttt ctgcttcttt aagcaactgg cgatgatttt tatgtctgta ctggcgggca 5520
atatgtatga aagcatcggt ttccagggcg cttatctggt gctgggtctg gtggcgctgg 5580
gcttcacctt aatttccgtg ttcacgctta gcggccccgg cccgctttcc ctgctgcgtc 5640
gtcaggtgaa tgaagtcgct taagcaatca atgtcggatg cggcgcgacg cttatccgac 5700
caacatatca taacggagtg atcgcattga acatgccaat gaccgaaaga ataagagcag 5760
gcaagctatt taccgatatg tgcgaaggct taccggaaaa aagacttcgt gggaaaacgt 5820
taatgtatga gtttaatcac tcgcatccat cagaagttga aaaaagagaa agcctgatta 5880
aagaaatgtt tgccacggta ggggaaaacg cctgggtaga accgcctgtc tatttctctt 5940
acggttccaa catccatata ggccgcaatt tttatgcaaa tttcaattta accattgtcg 6000
atgactacac ggtaacaatc ggtgataacg tactgattgc acccaacgtt actctttccg 6060
ttacgggaca ccctgtacac catgaattga gaaaaaacgg cgagatgtac tcttttccga 6120
taacgattgg caataacgtc tggatcggaa gtcatgtggt tattaatcca ggcgtcacca 6180
tcggggataa ttctgttatt ggcgcgggta gtatcgtcac aaaagacatt ccaccaaacg 6240
tcgtggcggc tggcgttcct tgtcgggtta ttcgcgaaat aaacgaccgg gataagcact 6300
attatttcaa agattataaa gttgaatcgt cagtttaaat tataaaaatt gcctgatacg 6360
ctgcgcttat caggcctaca agttcagcga tctacattag ccgcatccgg catgaacaaa 6420
gcgcaggaac aagcgtcgca tcatgcctct ttgacccaca gctgcggaaa acgtactggt 6480
gcaaaacgca gggttatgat catcagccca acgacgcaca gcgcatgaaa tgcccagtcc 6540
atcaggtaat tgccgctgat actacgcagc acgccagaaa accacggggc aagcccggcg 6600
atgataaaac cgattccctg cataaacgcc accagcttgc cagcaatagc cggttgcaca 6660
gagtgatcga gcgccagcag caaacagagc ggaaacgcgc cgcccagacc taacccacac 6720
accatcgccc acaataccgg caattgcatc ggcagccaga taaagccgca gaaccccacc 6780
agttgtaaca ccagcgccag cattaacagt ttgcgccgat cctgatggcg agccatagca 6840
ggcatcagca aagctcctgc ggcttgccca agcgtcatca atgccagtaa ggaaccgctg 6900
tactgcgcgc tggcaccaat ctcaatatag aaagcgggta accaggcaat caggctggcg 6960
taaccgccgt taatcagacc gaagtaaaca cccagcgtcc acgcgcgggg agtgaatacc 7020
acgcgaaccg gagtggttgt tgtcttgtgg gaagaggcga cctcgcgggc gctttgccac 7080
caccaggcaa agagcgcaac aacggcaggc agcgccacca ggcgagtgtt tgataccagg 7140
tttcgctatg ttgaactaac cagggcgtta tggcggcacc aagcccaccg ccgcccatca 7200
gagccgcgga ccacagcccc atcaccagtg gcgtgcgctg ctgaaaccgc cgtttaatca 7260
ccgaagcatc accgcctgaa tgatgccgat ccccacccca ccaagcagtg cgctgctaag 7320
cagcagcgca ctttgcgggt aaagctcacg catcaatgca ccgacggcaa tcagcaacag 7380
actgatggcg acactgcgac gttcgctgac atgctgatga agccagcttc cggccagcgc 7440
cagcccgccc atggtaacca ccggcagagc ggtcgac 7477
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Output file format
Output files for usage example
Graphics File: chaos.ps
![[chaos results]](/demo/manual/chaos.1.chaos.gif)
A graphics image is produced.
Data files
None.Notes
None.References
None.Warnings
None.Diagnostic Error Messages
None.Exit status
0 upon successful completion.Known bugs
None.See also
| Program name | Description |
|---|---|
| banana | Bending and curvature plot in B-DNA |
| btwisted | Calculates the twisting in a B-DNA sequence |
| compseq | Count composition of dimer/trimer/etc words in a sequence |
| dan | Calculates DNA RNA/DNA melting temperature |
| freak | Residue/base frequency table or plot |
| isochore | Plots isochores in large DNA sequences |
| sirna | Finds siRNA duplexes in mRNA |
| wordcount | Counts words of a specified size in a DNA sequence |
Author(s)
Ian Longden (il © sanger.ac.uk)Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.