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Gene Transfer Format (GTF)

Definition
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GTF is a tab-delimited genome annotation format that represents genomic features (for example genes, transcripts, and exons) with mandatory columns plus structured attributes.

Topics
Bioinformatics Formats
URL
https://www.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff.html
Related
General Feature Format (GFF) Genome Annotation Ensembl

Why it matters in GWAS

GWAS interpretation and gene mapping frequently depend on annotation boundaries from GTF files, which affects variant-to-gene assignment and downstream biological interpretation.

Example usage

"We mapped sentinel variants to transcript models defined in the Ensembl GTF."

General Feature Format (GFF) Genome Annotation Ensembl
Related-term network

Click any node to open that term page.

Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Ensembl file format documentation: https://www.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff.html
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