bp_process_wormbase.pl - Massage WormBase GFF files into a version suitable for the Generic Genome

       Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>

       Copyright (c) 2002 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.  See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.

perl v5.30.0                                       2019-11-25                            BP_PROCESS_WORMBASE(1p)

       This script massages the Wormbase GFF files located at ftp://www.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/GENE_DUMPS
       into a version of the GFF format suitable for display by the generic genome browser.  It mainly adds
       comments to the annotations and designates certain well-spaced genetic loci as framework landmarks.

       This script requires the AcePerl distribution, which is available on CPAN (look for the "Ace" module).

       To use this script, get the WormBase GFF files from the FTP site listed above and place them in a
       directory.  It might be a good idea to name the directory after the current release, such as WS61.  You
       do not need to uncompress the files.

       Then give that directory as the argument to this script and capture the script's output to a file:

         % bp_process_wormbase.pl ./WS61 > wormbase.gff

       It may take a while before you see output from this script, since it must first fetch gene and protein
       database from the remote AceDB running at www.wormbase.org.  The wormbase.gff file can then be loaded
       into a Bio::DB::GFF database using the following command:

         % bulk_load_gff.pl -d <databasename> wormbase.gff

       bp_process_wormbase.pl - Massage WormBase GFF files into a version suitable for the Generic Genome
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       Bio::DB::GFF, bulk_load_gff.pl, load_gff.pl

         % bp_process_wormbase.pl ./WS61 > wormbase.gff