AlignedReadTrack-class: DEPRECATED! AlignedReadTrack class and methods)

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Description

DEPRECATED! This class and methods are deprecated, please use DataTrack, AnnotationTrack or AlignmentsTrack instead.

A class to represent short sequences that have been aligned to a reference genome as they are typically generated in a next generation sequencing experiment.

Usage

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AlignedReadTrack(range=NULL, start=NULL, end=NULL, width=NULL, chromosome, strand, genome,
stacking="squish", name="AlignedReadTrack", coverageOnly=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

range

An object of class GRanges, or a data.frame which will be coerced into one in which case it needs to contain at least the three columns:

start, end: the start and end coordinates for the track items.

strand: the strand information for the track items. It may be provided in the form + for the Watson strand, - for the Crick strand or * for either one of the two.

Alternatively, the range argument may be missing, in which case the relevant information has to be provided as individual function arguments (see below).

start, end, width

Integer vectors, giving the start and the end end coordinates for the individual track items, or their width. Two of the three need to be specified, and have to be of equal length or of length one, in which case this value will be recycled. Otherwise, the usual R recycling rules for vectors do not apply.

strand

Character vector, the strand information for the individual track items. Needs to be of equal length as the start, end or width vectors, or of length 1. Please note that grouped items need to be on the same strand, and erroneous entries will result in casting of an error.

chromosome

The chromosome on which the track's genomic ranges are defined. A valid UCSC chromosome identifier. Please note that at this stage only syntactic checking takes place, i.e., the argument value needs to be a single integer, numeric character or a character of the form chrx, where x may be any possible string. The user has to make sure that the respective chromosome is indeed defined for the the track's genome.

genome

The genome on which the track's ranges are defined. Usually this is a valid UCSC genome identifier, however this is not being formally checked at this point.

stacking

The stacking type for overlapping items of the track. One in c(hide, dense, squish, pack,full). Currently, only hide (don't show the track items, squish (make best use of the available space) and dense (no stacking at all) are implemented.

name

Character scalar of the track's name used in the title panel when plotting.

coverageOnly

Instead of storing individual reads, just compute the coverage and store the resulting coverage vector.

...

Additional items which will all be interpreted as further display parameters.

Value

The return value of the constructor function is a new object of class AlignedReadTrack.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created using the constructor function AlignedReadTrack.

Slots

coverage:

Object of class "list", a list of coverage vectors for the plus strand, the minus strand and for both strands combined.

coverageOnly:

Object of class "logical", flag to determine whether the object stores read locations or the coverage vectors only.

stacking:

Object of class "character", inherited from class StackedTrack

stacks:

Object of class "environment", inherited from class StackedTrack

range:

Object of class GRanges, inherited from class RangeTrack

chromosome:

Object of class "character", inherited from class RangeTrack

genome:

Object of class "character", inherited from class RangeTrack

dp:

Object of class DisplayPars, inherited from class GdObject

name:

Object of class "character", inherited from class GdObject

imageMap:

Object of class ImageMap, inherited from class GdObject

Extends

Class "StackedTrack", directly.

Class "RangeTrack", by class "StackedTrack", distance2.

Class "GdObject", by class "StackedTrack", distance3.

Methods

In the following code chunks, obj is considered to be an object of class AlignedReadTrack.

Exported in the name space:

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signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): subset the items in the AlignedReadTrack. This is essentially similar to subsetting of the GRanges object in the range slot. For most applications, the subset method may be more appropriate. The operation is only supported for objects that still contain all the read locations, i.e., coverageOnly=FALSE.

Additional Arguments:

i: subsetting indices

Examples:

obj[1:5]

subset

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): subset a AlignedReadTrack by coordinates and sort if necessary.

Usage:

subset(x, from, to, sort=FALSE, stacks=FALSE)

Additional Arguments:

from, to: the coordinates range to subset to.

sort: sort the object after subsetting. Usually not necessary.

stacks: recompute the stacking after subsetting which can be expensive and is not always necessary.

Examples:

subset(obj, from=10, to=20)

subset(obj, from=10, to=20, sort=TRUE, stacks=FALSE)

split

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): split an AlignedReadTrack object by an appropriate factor vector (or another vector that can be coerced into one). The output of this operation is a list of AlignedReadTrack objects.

Additional Arguments:

f: the splitting factor.

...: all further arguments are ignored.

Usage:

split(x, f, ...)

Examples:

split(obj, c("a", "a", "b", "c", "a"))

coverage

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the coverage vector for one of the strands, or the combined vector.

Usage:

coverage(x, strand="*")

Additional Arguments:

strand: the selector for the strand, + for the Watson strand, - for the Crick strand or * for both strands.

Examples:

coveraget(obj)

coverage(obj, strand="-")

Internal methods:

setCoverage

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): recompute the coverage on the plus and minus strand as well as for the combined strands and update the respective slot.

Usage:

setCoverage(GdObject)

Examples:

setCoverage(obj)

drawAxis

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): add a y-axis to the title panel of a track.

Usage:

drawAxis(GdObject, from, to, subset=FALSE, ...)

Additional Arguments:

from, to: compute axis range from the data within a certain coordinates range only.

subset: subset the object prior to calculating the axis ranges. Can be expensive and is not always needed.

...: all further arguments are ignored.

Examples:

Gviz:::drawAxis(obj)

drawGD

signature(gdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): plot the object to a graphics device. The return value of this method is the input object, potentially updated during the plotting operation. Internally, there are two modes in which the method can be called. Either in 'prepare' mode, in which case no plotting is done but the object is preprocessed based on the available space, or in 'plotting' mode, in which case the actual graphical output is created. Since subsetting of the object can be potentially costly, this can be switched off in case subsetting has already been performed before or is not necessary.

Usage:

drawGD(GdObject, minBase, maxBase, prepare=FALSE, subset=TRUE, ...)

Additional Arguments:

minBase, maxBase: the coordinate range to plot.

prepare: run method in preparation or in production mode.

subset: subset the object to the visible region or skip the potentially expensive subsetting operation.

...: all further arguments are ignored.

Examples:

Gviz:::drawGD(obj)

Gviz:::drawGD(obj, minBase=1, maxBase=100)

Gviz:::drawGD(obj, prepare=TRUE, subset=FALSE)

drawGrid

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): superpose a grid on top of a track.

Usage:

drawGrid(GdObject, from, to)

Additional Arguments:

from, to: draw grid within a certain coordinates range. This needs to be supplied for the plotting function to know the current genomic coordinates.

Examples:

Gviz:::drawGrid(obj, from=10, to=100)

initialize

signature(.Object="AligendReadTrack"): initialize the object.

show

signature(object="AlignedReadTrack"): show a human-readable summary of the object.

Inherited methods:

stacking

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): return the current stacking type.

Usage:

stacking(GdObject)

Examples:

stacking(obj)

stacking<-

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack", value="character"): set the object's stacking type to one in c(hide, dense, squish, pack,full).

Usage:

stacking<-(GdObject, value)

Additional Arguments:

value: replacement value.

Examples:

stacking(obj) <- "squish"

setStacks

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): recompute the stacks based on the available space and on the object's track items and stacking settings.

Usage:

setStacks(GdObject, from, to)

Additional Arguments:

from, to: compute stacking within a certain coordinates range. This needs to be supplied for the plotting function to know the current genomic coordinates.

Examples:

Gviz:::setStacks(obj)

stacks

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): return the stack indices for each track item.

Usage:

stacks(GdObject)

Examples:

Gviz:::stacks(obj)

chromosome

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): return the chromosome for which the track is defined.

Usage:

chromosome(GdObject)

Examples:

chromosome(obj)

chromosome<-

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): replace the value of the track's chromosome. This has to be a valid UCSC chromosome identifier or an integer or character scalar that can be reasonably coerced into one.

Usage:

chromosome<-(GdObject, value)

Additional Arguments:

value: replacement value.

Examples:

chromosome(obj) <- "chr12"

start, end, width

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): the start or end coordinates of the track items, or their width in genomic coordinates.

Usage:

start(x)

end(x)

width(x)

Examples:

start(obj)

end(obj)

width(obj)

start<-, end<-, width<-

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): replace the start or end coordinates of the track items, or their width.

Usage:

start<-(x, value)

end<-(x, value)

width<-(x, value)

Additional Arguments:

value: replacement value.

Examples:

start(obj) <- 1:10

end(obj) <- 20:30

width(obj) <- 1

position

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): the arithmetic mean of the track item's coordionates, i.e., (end(obj)-start(obj))/2.

Usage:

position(GdObject)

Examples:

position(obj)

feature

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): return the grouping information for track items. For certain sub-classes, groups may be indicated by different color schemes when plotting. See grouping or AnnotationTrack and GeneRegionTrack for details.

Usage:

feature(GdObject)

Examples:

feature(obj)

feature<-

signature(gdObject="AlignedReadTrack", value="character"): set the grouping information for track items. This has to be a factor vector (or another type of vector that can be coerced into one) of the same length as the number of items in the AlignedReadTrack. See grouping or AnnotationTrack and GeneRegionTrack for details.

Usage:

feature<-(GdObject, value)

Additional Arguments:

value: replacement value.

Examples:

feature(obj) <- c("a", "a", "b", "c", "a")

genome

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the track's genome.

Usage:

genome(x)

Examples:

genome(obj)

genome<-

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): set the track's genome. Usually this has to be a valid UCSC identifier, however this is not formally enforced here.

Usage:

genome<-(x, value)

Additional Arguments:

value: replacement value.

Examples:

genome(obj) <- "mm9"

length

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the number of items in the track.

Usage:

length(x)

Examples:

length(obj)

range

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the genomic coordinates for the track as an object of class IRanges.

Usage:

range(x)

Examples:

range(obj)

ranges

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the genomic coordinates for the track along with all additional annotation information as an object of class GRanges.

Usage:

ranges(x)

Examples:

ranges(obj)

strand

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return a vector of strand specifiers for all track items, in the form '+' for the Watson strand, '-' for the Crick strand or '*' for either of the two.

Usage:

strand(x)

Examples:

strand(obj)

strand<-

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): replace the strand information for the track items. The replacement value needs to be an appropriate scalar or vector of strand values.

Usage:

strand<-(x, value)

Additional Arguments:

value: replacement value.

Examples:

strand(obj) <- "+"

values

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return all additional annotation information except for the genomic coordinates for the track items as a data.frame.

Usage:

values(x)

Examples:

values(obj)

coerce

signature(from="AlignedReadTrack", to="data.frame"): coerce the GRanges object in the range slot into a regular data.frame.

Examples:

as(obj, "data.frame")

displayPars

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", name="character"): list the value of the display parameter name. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Usage:

displayPars(x, name)

Examples:

displayPars(obj, "col")

displayPars

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", name="missing"): list the value of all available display parameters. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Examples:

displayPars(obj)

getPar

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", name="character"): alias for the displayPars method. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Usage:

getPar(x, name)

Examples:

getPar(obj, "col")

getPar

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", name="missing"): alias for the displayPars method. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Examples:

getPar(obj)

displayPars<-

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", value="list"): set display parameters using the values of the named list in value. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Usage:

displayPars<-(x, value)

Examples:

displayPars(obj) <- list(col="red", lwd=2)

setPar

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", value="character"): set the single display parameter name to value. Note that display parameters in the AlignedReadTrack class are pass-by-reference, so no re-assignmnet to the symbol obj is necessary. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Usage:

setPar(x, name, value)

Additional Arguments:

name: the name of the display parameter to set.

Examples:

setPar(obj, "col", "red")

setPar

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", value="list"): set display parameters by the values of the named list in value. Note that display parameters in the AlignedReadTrack class are pass-by-reference, so no re-assignmnet to the symbol obj is necessary. See settings for details on display parameters and customization.

Examples:

setPar(obj, list(col="red", lwd=2))

group

signature(GdObject="AlignedReadTrack"): return grouping information for the individual items in the track. Unless overwritten in one of the sub-classes, this usualy returns NULL.

Usage:

group(GdObject)

Examples:

group(obj)

names

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the value of the name slot.

Usage:

names(x)

Examples:

names(obj)

names<-

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack", value="character"): set the value of the name slot.

Usage:

names<-(x, value)

Examples:

names(obj) <- "foo"

coords

signature(ImageMap="AlignedReadTrack"): return the coordinates from the internal image map.

Usage:

coords(ImageMap)

Examples:

coords(obj)

tags

signature(x="AlignedReadTrack"): return the tags from the internal image map.

Usage:

tags(x)

Examples:

tags(obj)

Display Parameters

The following display parameters are set for objects of class AlignedReadTrack upon instantiation, unless one or more of them have already been set by one of the optional sub-class initializers, which always get precedence over these global defaults. See settings for details on setting graphical parameters for tracks.

collapse=FALSE: collapse overlapping ranges and aggregate the underlying data.

detail="coverage": the amount of detail to plot the data. Either coverage to show the coverage only, or reads to show individual reads. For large data sets the latter can be very inefficient. Please note that reads is only available when the object has been created with option coverageOnly=FALSE.

fill="#0080ff": the fill color for the coverage indicator.

size=NULL: the relative size of the track. Defaults to size selection based on the underlying data. Can be overridden in the plotTracks function.

type="histogram": the plot type, one or several in c("p","l", "b", "a", "s", "g", "r", "S", "smooth", "histogram", "mountain", "polygon", "h", "boxplot", "gradient", "heatmap", "horizon"). See the 'Details' section in DataTrack for more information on the individual plotting types.

Additional display parameters are being inherited from the respective parent classes. Note that not all of them may have an effect on the plotting of AlignedReadTrack objects.

StackedTrack:

reverseStacking=FALSE: Logical flag. Reverse the y-ordering of stacked items. I.e., features that are plotted on the bottom-most stacks will be moved to the top-most stack and vice versa.

stackHeight=0.75: Numeric between 0 and 1. Controls the vertical size and spacing between stacked elements. The number defines the proportion of the total available space for the stack that is used to draw the glyphs. E.g., a value of 0.5 means that half of the available vertical drawing space (for each stacking line) is used for the glyphs, and thus one quarter of the available space each is used for spacing above and below the glyph. Defaults to 0.75.

GdObject:

alpha=1: Numeric scalar. The transparency for all track items.

alpha.title=NULL: Numeric scalar. The transparency for the title panel.

background.legend="transparent": Integer or character scalar. The background color for the legend.

background.panel="transparent": Integer or character scalar. The background color of the content panel.

background.title="lightgray": Integer or character scalar. The background color for the title panel.

cex=1: Numeric scalar. The overall font expansion factor for all text and glyphs, unless a more specific definition exists.

cex.axis=NULL: Numeric scalar. The expansion factor for the axis annotation. Defaults to NULL, in which case it is automatically determined based on the available space.

cex.title=NULL: Numeric scalar. The expansion factor for the title panel. This effects the fontsize of both the title and the axis, if any. Defaults to NULL, which means that the text size is automatically adjusted to the available space.

col="#0080FF": Integer or character scalar. Default line color setting for all plotting elements, unless there is a more specific control defined elsewhere.

col.axis="white": Integer or character scalar. The font and line color for the y axis, if any.

col.border.title="white": Integer or character scalar. The border color for the title panels.

col.frame="lightgray": Integer or character scalar. The line color used for the panel frame, if frame==TRUE

col.grid="#808080": Integer or character scalar. Default line color for grid lines, both when type=="g" in DataTracks and when display parameter grid==TRUE.

col.line=NULL: Integer or character scalar. Default colors for plot lines. Usually the same as the global col parameter.

col.symbol=NULL: Integer or character scalar. Default colors for plot symbols. Usually the same as the global col parameter.

col.title="white" (Aliases: fontcolor.title): Integer or character scalar. The border color for the title panels

fontcolor="black": Integer or character scalar. The font color for all text, unless a more specific definition exists.

fontface=1: Integer or character scalar. The font face for all text, unless a more specific definition exists.

fontface.title=2: Integer or character scalar. The font face for the title panels.

fontfamily="sans": Integer or character scalar. The font family for all text, unless a more specific definition exists.

fontfamily.title="sans": Integer or character scalar. The font family for the title panels.

fontsize=12: Numeric scalar. The font size for all text, unless a more specific definition exists.

frame=FALSE: Boolean. Draw a frame around the track when plotting.

grid=FALSE: Boolean, switching on/off the plotting of a grid.

h=-1: Integer scalar. Parameter controlling the number of horizontal grid lines, see panel.grid for details.

lineheight=1: Numeric scalar. The font line height for all text, unless a more specific definition exists.

lty="solid": Numeric scalar. Default line type setting for all plotting elements, unless there is a more specific control defined elsewhere.

lty.grid="solid": Integer or character scalar. Default line type for grid lines, both when type=="g" in DataTracks and when display parameter grid==TRUE.

lwd=1: Numeric scalar. Default line width setting for all plotting elements, unless there is a more specific control defined elsewhere.

lwd.border.title=1: Integer scalar. The border width for the title panels.

lwd.grid=1: Numeric scalar. Default line width for grid lines, both when type=="g" in DataTracks and when display parameter grid==TRUE.

lwd.title=1: Integer scalar. The border width for the title panels

min.distance=1: Numeric scalar. The minimum pixel distance before collapsing range items, only if collapse==TRUE. See collapsing for details.

min.height=3: Numeric scalar. The minimum range height in pixels to display. All ranges are expanded to this size in order to avoid rendering issues. See collapsing for details.

min.width=1: Numeric scalar. The minimum range width in pixels to display. All ranges are expanded to this size in order to avoid rendering issues. See collapsing for details.

reverseStrand=FALSE: Logical scalar. Set up the plotting coordinates in 3' -> 5' direction if TRUE. This will effectively mirror the plot on the vertical axis.

rotation=0: The rotation angle for all text unless a more specific definiton exists.

rotation.title=90 (Aliases: rotation.title): The rotation angle for the text in the title panel. Even though this can be adjusted, the automatic resizing of the title panel will currently not work, so use at own risk.

showAxis=TRUE: Boolean controlling whether to plot a y axis (only applies to track types where axes are implemented).

showTitle=TRUE: Boolean controlling whether to plot a title panel. Although this can be set individually for each track, in multi-track plots as created by plotTracks there will still be an empty placeholder in case any of the other tracks include a title. The same holds true for axes. Note that the the title panel background color could be set to transparent in order to completely hide it.

v=-1: Integer scalar. Parameter controlling the number of vertical grid lines, see panel.grid for details.

Author(s)

Florian Hahne

See Also

AnnotationTrack

DataTrack

DisplayPars

GdObject

GeneRegionTrack

GRanges

ImageMap

IRanges

RangeTrack

StackedTrack

collapsing

grouping

panel.grid

plotTracks

settings

Examples

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## This class is deprecated!

## Please use instead:
## - DataTrack
## - AnnotationTrack
## - AlignmentsTrack

## Below example from AnnotationTrack

## An empty object
AnnotationTrack()

## Construct from individual arguments
st <- c(2000000, 2070000, 2100000, 2160000)
ed <- c(2050000, 2130000, 2150000, 2170000)
str <- c("-", "+", "-", "-")
gr <- c("Group1","Group2","Group1", "Group3")

annTrack <- AnnotationTrack(start=st, end=ed, strand=str, chromosome=7, 
                            genome="hg19", feature="test", group=gr, 
                            id=paste("annTrack item", 1:4), 
                            name="generic annotation", stacking="squish")



## Plotting
plotTracks(annTrack)

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