convert a GTF file into a GRangesList

Source: R/readWrite.R

Outputs GRangesList object from reading a GTF file

readFromGTF(file)

Arguments

file

a .gtf file

Value

grlist a GRangesList object, with two columns

  • TXNAME specifying prefix for new gene Ids (genePrefix.number), defaults to empty

  • GENEID indicating whether filter to remove read classes which are a subset of known transcripts(), defaults to TRUE