| splitsource

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## Function

Split sequence(s) into original source sequences

## Description

splitsource splits a synthetic sequence into original source sequences by processing the "source" features in the feature table.

## Algorithm

The "source" feature annotated the origin of a sequence region. Synthetic sequences are characterized by having two or more "source" features each describing one of the original sequence fragments.

## Usage

Here is a sample session with splitsource

Split a sequence into original subsequences

    % splitsource ena:A01139
    Split sequence(s) into original source sequences
    output sequence(s) [a01139.fasta]:

Go to the input files for this example
Go to the output files for this example

## Command line arguments

    Split sequence(s) into original source sequences
    Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0

       Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
      [-sequence]          seqall     Sequence(s) filename and optional format, or
                                      reference (input USA)
      [-outseq]            seqoutall  [.] Sequence set(s)
                                      filename and optional format (output USA)

       Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
       Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
       -feature            boolean    [N] Retain feature information

       Associated qualifiers:

       "-sequence" associated qualifiers
       -sbegin1            integer    Start of each sequence to be used
       -send1              integer    End of each 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
       -scircular1         boolean    Sequence is circular
       -squick1            boolean    Read id and sequence only
       -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
       -iquery1            string     Input query fields or ID list
       -ioffset1           integer    Input start position offset
       -sdbname1           string     Database name
       -sid1               string     Entryname
       -ufo1               string     UFO features
       -fformat1           string     Features format
       -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

       "-outseq" associated qualifiers
       -osformat2          string     Output seq format
       -osextension2       string     File name extension
       -osname2            string     Base file name
       -osdirectory2       string     Output directory
       -osdbname2          string     Database name to add
       -ossingle2          boolean    Separate file for each entry
       -oufo2              string     UFO features
       -offormat2          string     Features format
       -ofname2            string     Features file name
       -ofdirectory2       string     Output directory

       General qualifiers:
       -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
       -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
       -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                      first file to 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 and exit. 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 dying program messages
       -version            boolean    Report version number and exit

Qualifier | Type | Description | Allowed values | Default
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers
[-sequence] (Parameter 1) | seqall | Sequence(s) filename and optional format, or reference (input USA) | Readable sequence(s) | Required
[-outseq] (Parameter 2) | seqoutall | Sequence set(s) filename and optional format (output USA) | Writeable sequence(s) | <*>.format
Additional (Optional) qualifiers
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers
-feature | boolean | Retain feature information | Boolean value Yes/No | No
Associated qualifiers
"-sequence" associated seqall qualifiers
-sbegin1 -sbegin_sequence | integer | Start of each sequence to be used | Any integer value | 0
-send1 -send_sequence | integer | End of each sequence to be used | Any integer value | 0
-sreverse1 -sreverse_sequence | boolean | Reverse (if DNA) | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-sask1 -sask_sequence | boolean | Ask for begin/end/reverse | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-snucleotide1 -snucleotide_sequence | boolean | Sequence is nucleotide | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-sprotein1 -sprotein_sequence | boolean | Sequence is protein | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-slower1 -slower_sequence | boolean | Make lower case | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-supper1 -supper_sequence | boolean | Make upper case | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-scircular1 -scircular_sequence | boolean | Sequence is circular | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-squick1 -squick_sequence | boolean | Read id and sequence only | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-sformat1 -sformat_sequence | string | Input sequence format | Any string |
-iquery1 -iquery_sequence | string | Input query fields or ID list | Any string |
-ioffset1 -ioffset_sequence | integer | Input start position offset | Any integer value | 0
-sdbname1 -sdbname_sequence | string | Database name | Any string |
-sid1 -sid_sequence | string | Entryname | Any string |
-ufo1 -ufo_sequence | string | UFO features | Any string |
-fformat1 -fformat_sequence | string | Features format | Any string |
-fopenfile1 -fopenfile_sequence | string | Features file name | Any string |
"-outseq" associated seqoutall qualifiers
-osformat2 -osformat_outseq | string | Output seq format | Any string |
-osextension2 -osextension_outseq | string | File name extension | Any string |
-osname2 -osname_outseq | string | Base file name | Any string |
-osdirectory2 -osdirectory_outseq | string | Output directory | Any string |
-osdbname2 -osdbname_outseq | string | Database name to add | Any string |
-ossingle2 -ossingle_outseq | boolean | Separate file for each entry | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-oufo2 -oufo_outseq | string | UFO features | Any string |
-offormat2 -offormat_outseq | string | Features format | Any string |
-ofname2 -ofname_outseq | string | Features file name | Any string |
-ofdirectory2 -ofdirectory_outseq | string | Output directory | Any string |
General qualifiers
-auto | boolean | Turn off prompts | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-stdout | boolean | Write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-filter | boolean | Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-options | boolean | Prompt for standard and additional values | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-debug | boolean | Write debug output to program.dbg | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-verbose | boolean | Report some/full command line options | Boolean value Yes/No | Y
-help | boolean | Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose | Boolean value Yes/No | N
-warning | boolean | Report warnings | Boolean value Yes/No | Y
-error | boolean | Report errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y
-fatal | boolean | Report fatal errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y
-die | boolean | Report dying program messages | Boolean value Yes/No | Y
-version | boolean | Report version number and exit | Boolean value Yes/No | N

## Input file format

The input is a standard EMBOSS sequence query (also known as a 'USA').

Major sequence database sources defined as standard in EMBOSS installations include srs:embl, srs:uniprot and ensembl

Data can also be read from sequence output in any supported format written by an EMBOSS or third-party application.

The input format can be specified by using the command-line qualifier `-sformat xxx`, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: gff (gff3), gff2, embl (em), genbank (gb, refseq), ddbj, refseqp, pir (nbrf), swissprot (swiss, sw), dasgff and debug.

See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html for further information on sequence formats.

### Input files for usage example

### Database entry: ena:A01139

    ID   A01139; SV 1; linear; unassigned DNA; PAT; PRO; 279 BP.
    XX
    AC   A01139;
    XX
    DT   16-MAR-1994 (Rel. 38, Created)
    DT   14-FEB-2001 (Rel. 66, Last updated, Version 5)
    XX
    DE   Fusion DNA (L.lactis MSP signal sequence and H.medicinalis desulfatohirudin
    DE   coding sequence)
    XX
    KW   .
    XX
    OS   Lactococcus lactis
    OC   Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae;
    OC   Lactococcus.
    XX
    OS   Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech)
    OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida;
    OC   Hirudinea; Arhynchobdellida; Hirudiniformes; Hirudinidae; Hirudo.
    XX
    RN   [1]
    RP   1-279
    RA   Suri B., Schmitz A.;
    RT   "Bacterial vectors.";
    RL   Patent number EP0449770-A2/2, 02-OCT-1991.
    RL   CIBA-GEIGY AG.
    XX
    FH   Key             Location/Qualifiers
    FH
    FT   source          1..81
    FT                   /organism="Lactococcus lactis"
    FT                   /focus
    FT                   /strain="LM0230"
    FT                   /mol_type="unassigned DNA"
    FT                   /db_xref="taxon:1358"
    FT   source          82..279
    FT                   /organism="Hirudo medicinalis"
    FT                   /mol_type="unassigned DNA"
    FT                   /db_xref="taxon:6421"
    FT   CDS             1..279
    FT                   /transl_table=11
    FT                   /note="fusion of MSP signal peptide and hirudin"
    FT                   /protein_id="CAA00134.1"
    FT                   /translation="MKKKIISAILMSTVILSAAAPLSGVYAVVYTDCTESGQNLCLCEG
    FT                   SNVCGQGNKCILGSDGEKNQCVTGEGTPKPQSHNDGDFEEIPEEYLQ"
    FT   sig_peptide     1..81
    FT                   /product="MSP signal peptide"
    FT   mat_peptide     82..279
    FT                   /product="desulfatohirudin"
    XX
    SQ   Sequence 279 BP; 76 A; 66 C; 68 G; 69 T; 0 other;
         atgaaaaaaa agattatctc agctatttta atgtctacag tgatactttc tgctgcagcc        60
         ccgttgtcag gtgtttacgc tgttgtttac accgactgca ccgaatctgg tcagaacctg       120
         tgcctgtgcg aaggttctaa cgtttgcggt cagggtaaca aatgcatcct gggttctgac       180
         ggtgaaaaaa accagtgcgt taccggcgaa ggtaccccga aaccgcagtc tcacaacgac       240
         ggtgacttcg aagaaatccc ggaagaatac ctgcagtag                              279
    //

## Output file format

The output is a standard EMBOSS sequence file.

The results can be output in one of several styles by using the command-line qualifier `-osformat xxx`, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: embl, genbank, gff, pir, swiss, dasgff, debug, listfile, dbmotif, diffseq, excel, feattable, motif, nametable, regions, seqtable, simple, srs, table, tagseq.

See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html for further information on sequence formats.

### Output files for usage example

### File: a01139.fasta

    >A01139_1_1-81 organism="Lactococcus lactis" strain="LM0230" Fusion DNA (L.lactis MSP signal sequence and H.medicinalis desulfatohirudin coding sequence)
    atgaaaaaaaagattatctcagctattttaatgtctacagtgatactttctgctgcagcc
    ccgttgtcaggtgtttacgct
    >A01139_2_82-279 organism="Hirudo medicinalis" Fusion DNA (L.lactis MSP signal sequence and H.medicinalis desulfatohirudin coding sequence)
    gttgtttacaccgactgcaccgaatctggtcagaacctgtgcctgtgcgaaggttctaac
    gtttgcggtcagggtaacaaatgcatcctgggttctgacggtgaaaaaaaccagtgcgtt
    accggcgaaggtaccccgaaaccgcagtctcacaacgacggtgacttcgaagaaatcccg
    gaagaatacctgcagtag

## Data files

None.

## Notes

None.

## References

None.

## Warnings

None.

## Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

## Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

## Known bugs

None.

## See also

Program name | Description
--- | ---
aligncopy | Read and write alignments
aligncopypair | Read and write pairs from alignments
biosed | Replace or delete sequence sections
codcopy | Copy and reformat a codon usage table
cutseq | Remove a section from a sequence
degapseq | Remove non-alphabetic (e.g. gap) characters from sequences
descseq | Alter the name or description of a sequence
entret | Retrieve sequence entries from flatfile databases and files
extractalign | Extract regions from a sequence alignment
extractfeat | Extract features from sequence(s)
extractseq | Extract regions from a sequence
featcopy | Read and write a feature table
featmerge | Merge two overlapping feature tables
featreport | Read and write a feature table
feattext | Return a feature table original text
listor | Write a list file of the logical OR of two sets of sequences
makenucseq | Create random nucleotide sequences
makeprotseq | Create random protein sequences
maskambignuc | Mask all ambiguity characters in nucleotide sequences with N
maskambigprot | Mask all ambiguity characters in protein sequences with X
maskfeat | Write a sequence with masked features
maskseq | Write a sequence with masked regions
newseq | Create a sequence file from a typed-in sequence
nohtml | Remove mark-up (e.g. HTML tags) from an ASCII text file
noreturn | Remove carriage return from ASCII files
nospace | Remove whitespace from an ASCII text file
notab | Replace tabs with spaces in an ASCII text file
notseq | Write to file a subset of an input stream of sequences
nthseq | Write to file a single sequence from an input stream of sequences
nthseqset | Read and write (return) one set of sequences from many
pasteseq | Insert one sequence into another
revseq | Reverse and complement a nucleotide sequence
seqcount | Read and count sequences
seqret | Read and write (return) sequences
seqretsetall | Read and write (return) many sets of sequences
seqretsplit | Read sequences and write them to individual files
sizeseq | Sort sequences by size
skipredundant | Remove redundant sequences from an input set
skipseq | Read and write (return) sequences, skipping first few
splitter | Split sequence(s) into smaller sequences
trimest | Remove poly-A tails from nucleotide sequences
trimseq | Remove unwanted characters from start and end of sequence(s)
trimspace | Remove extra whitespace from an ASCII text file
union | Concatenate multiple sequences into a single sequence
vectorstrip | Remove vectors from the ends of nucleotide sequence(s)
yank | Add a sequence reference (a full USA) to a list file

## Author(s)

Peter Rice
European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.

## History

## Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.

## Comments

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