Parse a GTF file and return a dataframe of specified features.

Source: R/utility_functions.R

Parse a GTF file and return a dataframe of specified features.

import_gtf(gtf_file, feature_type = "transcript", out_df = TRUE)

Arguments

gtf_file

Path to the gtf/gff file that shall be analysed.
feature_type

Type of gtf features that shall be returned. Set to NULL for all features.
out_df

Set if returned object shall be converted to data frame.

Value

If out_df=TRUE, a data frame of the available feature information (e.g. the tx2gene mapping information by default). Otherwise a granges object.

Examples

## import_gtf("path_to/your_annotation_file.gtf")