Brandon W. King
---------------
-Last updated: Oct 16th, 2006
+Last updated: Oct 27th, 2006
-Updated to Mussagl build: 287? (In process to 424)
+Documentation for Mussagl v1.0
.. Things to add
* New features / change log
- * Comment out anything isn't implemented yet.
+ * (DONE) Comment out anything isn't implemented yet.
* (DONE) List of features that will be implemented in the future.
* Look into the homology mapping of UCSC.
* Add toggle to genomes.
Status
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-Major New Features
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-
- * Build 381
- * Analysis "Save As" feature
+..
-Change Log
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-
-.. INSERT CHANGE LOG HERE
-.. END INSERT CHANGE LOG
+ Major New Features
+ ------------------
+
+ Change Log
+ ----------
+
+ .. INSERT CHANGE LOG HERE
+ .. END INSERT CHANGE LOG
Features to be Implemented
--------------------------
- * Motif editor supporting more than 10 motifs
- (Status: http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/ticket/122)
- * Save motifs from Mussagl
- (Status: http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/ticket/133)
-
For an up-to-date list of features to be implemented visit:
http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/roadmap
Mussa Python/PMW Prototype
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-First Python/PMW based protoype.
+First Python/PMW based prototype.
Mussa C++/FLTK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mac OS X
~~~~~~~~
-Once you have downloaded the .dmg file, double click on it and follow
-the install instructions.
-
-FIXME: Mention how to launch the program.
+ * Download .dmg file.
+ * Double click on .dmg file.
+ * Drag Mussa icon to your /Applications folder.
+ * Double Click on Mussa icon to open program.
Windows XP
~~~~~~~~~~
Obtaining Input Data
====================
-If you already have your data, you can skip ahead to the the `Using
-Mussagl`_ section.
+If you would like help obtaining data for use with Mussagl, you can
+skip ahead to the `Obtaining Input Data - Continued`_ section.
-Let's say you have a gene of interest called 'SMN1' and you want to
-know how the sequence surrounding the gene in multiple species is
-conserved. Guess what, that's what we are going to do, retrieve the
-DNA sequence for SMN1 and prepare it for using in Mussa.
+If would like a tour of the software, continue with the `Using
+Mussagl`_ section.
-For more information about SMN1 visit `NCBI's OMIM
-<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=609682>`_.
-UCSC Genome Browser Method
---------------------------
+Using Mussagl
+=============
-There are many methods of retrieving DNA sequence, but for this
-example we will retrieve SMN1 through the UCSC genome browser located
-at http://genome.ucsc.edu/.
-We have made the SMN1 data available at
-http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/wiki/ExampleData if you
-prefer to skip this section.
+Launch Mussagl
+--------------
+Launch Mussagl... It should look similar to the screen shot below.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_genome_browser_home.png
- :alt: UCSC Genome Browser
+.. image:: images/opened.png
+ :alt: Launch Mussa
:align: center
-Step 1 - Find SMN1
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The first step in finding SMN1 is to use the **Gene Sorter** menu
-option which I have highlighted in orange below:
-.. image:: images/ucsc_menu_bar_gene_sorter.png
- :alt: Gene Sorter Menu Option
- :align: center
+Create/Load Analysis
+----------------------
-Gene Sorter page:
+Currently there are three ways to load a Mussa experiment.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gene_sorter.png
- :alt: Gene Sorter
- :align: center
+ 1. `Create a new analysis`_
+ 2. `Load a mussa parameter file`_ (.mupa)
+ 3. `Load an analysis`_
-We will start by looking for SMN1 in the **Human Genome** and **sorting by name similarity**.
+.. _createnew:
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_sort_name_sim.png
- :alt: Gene Sorter - Name Similarity
- :align: center
+Create a new analysis
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-After you have selected **Human Genome** and **sorting by name similarity**, type *SMN1* into the search box.
+To create a new analysis select 'Define analysis' from the 'File'
+menu. You should see a dialog box similar to the one below. For this
+demo we will use the example sequences that come with Mussagl.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_smn1.png
- :alt: Gene
+.. image:: images/define_analysis.png
+ :alt: Define Analysis
:align: center
-Press **Go!** and you should see the following page:
+Instructions:
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_found.png
- :alt: Found SMN1
- :align: center
+ 1. **Give the experiment a name**, for this demo, we'll use
+ 'demo_w30_t20'. Mussa will create a folder with this name to store
+ the analysis files in once it has been run.
-Click on **SMN1** and you will be taking the gene expression atlas
-page.
+ 2. Choose a threshold_... for this demo **choose 20**. See the
+ Threshold_ section for more detailed information.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_genome_position.png
- :alt: Gene expression atlas
- :align: center
+ 3. Choose a `window size`_. For this demo **choose 30**.
-Click on **chr5 70,270,558** found in the **SMN1 row**, **Genome
-position column**.
-Now we have found the location of SMN1 on human!
+ 4. Choose the number of sequences_ you would like. For this demo
+ **choose 3**.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human)
+.. image:: images/define_analysis_step1a.png
+ :alt: Steps 1-4
:align: center
+First enter the species name of "Human" in the first "Species" text
+box. Now click on the 'Browse' button next to the sequence input box
+and then select /examples/seq/human_mck_pro.fa file. Do the same in
+the next two sequence input boxes selecting mouse_mck_pro.fa and
+rabbit_mck_pro.fa as shown below. Make sure to give them a species
+name as well. Note that you can create annotation files using the
+mussa `Annotation File Format`_ to add annotations to your sequence.
-Step 2 - Download CDS/UTR sequence for annotations
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Since we have found **SMN1**, this would be a convenient time to extract
-the DNA sequence for the CDS and UTRs of the gene to use it as an
-annotation_ in Mussa.
-
-**Click on SMN1** shown **between** the **two orange arrows** shown
-below.
-
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_click_smn1.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Orange Arrows
+.. image:: images/define_analysis_step2.png
+ :alt: Choose sequences
:align: center
-You should find yourself at the SMN1 description page.
+Click the **create** button and in a few moments you should see
+something similar to the following screen shot.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_description_page.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Description page
+.. image:: images/demo.png
+ :alt: Mussagl Demo
:align: center
-**Scroll down** until you get to the **Sequence section** and click on
-**Genomic (chr5:70,256,524-70,284,592)**.
-
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_sequence.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Sequence
- :align: center
+By default your analysis is NOT saved. If you try to close an analysis
+without saving, you will be prompted with a dialog box asking you if
+you would like to save your analysis. The `Saving`_ section for
+details on saving your analysis. When saving, choose directory and
+give the analysis the name **demo_w30_t20**. If you close and reopen
+Mussagl, you will then be able to load the saved analysis. See `Load
+an analysis`_ section below for details.
-You should now be at the **Genomic sequence near gene** page:
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_genomic_sequence.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Get genomic sequence
- :align: center
+Load a mussa parameter file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Make the following changes (highlighted in orange in the screenshot
-below):
+If you prefer, you can define your Mussa analysis using the Mussa
+parameter file. See the `Parameter File Format`_ section for details
+on creating a .mupa file.
- 1. UNcheck **introns**.
- (We only want to annotate CDS and UTRs.)
- 2. Select **one FASTA record** per **region**.
- (Mussa needs each CDS and UTR represented by one FASTA record per CDS/UTR).
- 3. Select **CDS in upper case, UTR in lower case.**
+Once you have a .mupa file created, load Mussagl and select the **File >
+Create Analysis from File** menu option. Select the .mupa file and click
+open.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_genomic_sequence_diff.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Get genomic sequence setup
+.. image:: images/load_mupa_menu.png
+ :alt: Load Mussa Parameters
:align: center
-Now click the **submit** button. You will then see a FASTA file with
-many FASTA records representing the CDS and UTRS.
+If you would like to see an example, you can load the
+**mck3test.mupa** file in the examples directory that comes with
+Mussagl.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_genomic_sequence_submit.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - CDS/UTR sequence
+.. image:: images/load_mupa_dialog.png
+ :alt: Load Mussa Parameters Dialog
:align: center
-Now you need to save the FASTA records to a **text file**. If you are
-using **Firefox** or **Internet Explorer 6+** click on the **File >
-Save As** menu option.
-**IMPORTANT:** Make sure you select **Text Files** and **NOT**, I
-repeat **NOT Webpage Complete** (see screenshot below.)
+Load an analysis
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Type in **smn1_human_annot.txt** for the file name.
+To load a previously run analysis open Mussagl and select the **File >
+Open Existing Analysis** menu option. Select an analysis **directory** and
+click open.
-.. image:: images/smn1_human_annot.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - sequence annotation file
+.. image:: images/load_analysis_menu.png
+ :alt: Load Analysis Menu
:align: center
-**IMPORTANT:** You should open the file with a text editor and make
- sure **no HTML** was saved... If you find any HTML markup, delete
- the markup and save the file.
-Now we are going to **modify the file** you just saved to **add the
-name of the species** to the **annotation file**. All you have to do
-is **add a new line** at the **top of the file** with the word **'Human'** as
-shown below:
+Main Window
+-----------
-.. image:: images/smn1_human_annot_plus_human.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - sequence annotation file
+Overview
+~~~~~~~~
+.. Screen-shot with numbers showing features.
+
+.. image:: images/window_overview.png
+ :alt: Mussa Window
:align: center
-You can add more annotations to this file if you wish. See the
-`annotation file format`_ section for details of the file format. By
-including FASTA records in the annotation_ file, Mussa searches your
-DNA sequence for an exact match of the sequence in the annotation_
-file. If found, it will be marked as an annotation_ within Mussa.
+Legend:
+ 1. `DNA Sequence (Black bars)`_
+
+ 2. Annotation_
-Step 3 - Download gene and upstream/downstream sequence
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ 3. Motif_
-Use the back button in your web browser to get back the **genome
-browser view** of **SMN1** as shown below.
+ 4. `Red conservation tracks`_
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human)
- :align: center
+ 5. `Blue conservation tracks`_
-There are two options for getting additional sequence around your
-gene. The more complex way is to zoom out so that you have the
-sequence you want being shown in the genome browser and then follow
-the directions for the following method.
+ 6. `Zoom Factor`_ (Base pairs per pixel)
-The second option, which we will choose, is to leave the genome
-browser zoomed exactly at the location of SMN1 and click on the
-**DNA** option on the menu bar (shown with orange arrows in the
-screenshot below.)
+ 7. `Dynamic Threshold`_
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_dna_option.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - DNA Option
- :align: center
+ 8. `Sequence Information Bar`_
-Now in the **get dna in window** page, let's add an arbitrary amount of
-extra sequence on to each end of the gene, let's say 5000 base pairs.
+ 9. `Sequence Scroll Bar`_
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_dna.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Get DNA
- :align: center
-Click the **get DNA** button.
+DNA Sequence (black bars)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_dna.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - DNA
+.. image:: images/sequence_bar.png
+ :alt: Sequence Bar
:align: center
-Save the DNA sequence to a text file called 'smn1_human_dna.fa' as we
-did in step 2 with the annotation file.
+Each of the black bars represents one of the loaded sequences, in this
+case the sequence around the gene 'MCK' in human, mouse, and rabbit.
-**IMPORTANT:** Make sure the file is saved as a text file and not an
-HTML file. Open the file with a text editor and remove any HTML markup
-you find.
+Annotation
+~~~~~~~~~~
-Step 4 - Same/similar/related gene other species.
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. figure:: images/annotation.png
+ :alt: Annotation
+ :align: center
+
+ Annotation shown in green on sequence bar.
-What good is a multiple sequence alignment viewer without multiple
-sequences? Let'S find a similar gene in a few more species.
-Use the back button on your web browser until you get the **genome
-browser view** of **SMN1** as shown below.
+Annotations can be included on any of the sequences using the `Load a
+mussa parameter file`_ or `Create a new analysis`_ method of loading
+your sequences. You can define annotations by location or using an
+exact sub-sequence or a FASTA sequence of the section of DNA you wish
+to annotate. See the `Annotation File Format`_ section for details.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_genome_browser_home.png
- :alt: UCSC Genome Browser
- :align: center
-**Click on SMN1** shown **between** the **two orange arrows** shown
-below.
+Motif
+~~~~~
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_click_smn1.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Orange Arrows
+.. figure:: images/motif.png
+ :alt: Motif
:align: center
-You should find yourself at the SMN1 description page.
+ Motif shown in light blue on sequence bar.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_description_page.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Description page
- :align: center
+The only real difference between an annotation and motif in Mussagl is
+that you can define motifs and choose a color from within the GUI. See
+the `Motifs`_ section for more information.
-**Scroll down** until you get to the **Sequence section** and click on
-**Protein (262 aa)**.
-
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_sequence.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Sequence
- :align: center
-Copy the SMN1 protein seqeunce by highlighting it and selecting **Edit
-> Copy** option from the menu.
+Red conservation tracks
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/smn1_human_protein.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Protein
+.. figure:: images/conservation_tracks.png
+ :alt: Conservation Tracks
:align: center
+
+ Conservations tracks shown as red and blue lines between sequence
+ bars.
-Press the back button on the web browser once and then scroll to the
-top of the page and click on the **BLAT** option on the menu bar
-(shown below with orange arrows).
-
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat
- :align: center
+The **red lines** between the sequence bars represent conservation
+between the sequences (i.e. not reverse complement matches)
-**Paste** in the **protein sequence** and **change** the **genome** to
-**mouse** as shown below and then click **submit**.
+The amount of sequence conservation shown will depend on how much your
+sequences are related and the `dynamic threshold`_ you are using.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat_paste.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat paste protein
- :align: center
-Notice that we have two hits, one of which looks pretty good at 89.9%
-match.
+Blue conservation tracks
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat_hits.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat hits
+.. figure:: images/conservation_tracks.png
+ :alt: Conservation Tracks
:align: center
+
+ Conservations tracks shown as red and blue lines between sequence
+ bars.
-**Click** on the **brower** link next to the 89.9% match. Notice in
-the genome browser (shown below) that there is an annotated gene
-called SMN1 for mouse which matches the line called **your sequence
-from blat search**. This means we are fairly confidant we found the
-right location in the mouse genome.
+**Blue lines** represent **reverse complement** conservation relative
+to the sequence attached to the top of the blue line.
-.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat_to_browser.png
- :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat to browser
- :align: center
+The amount of sequence conservation shown will depend on how much your
+sequences are related and the `dynamic threshold`_ you are using.
-Follow steps 1 through 3 for mouse and then repeat step 4 with the
-human protein sequence to find **SMN1** in the following species (if
-you find a match):
- 1. Rat
- 2. Rabbit
- 3. Dog
- 4. Armadillo
- 5. Elephant
- 6. Opposum
- 7. x_tropicalis
+Zoom Factor
+~~~~~~~~~~~
-Make sure to save the extended DNA sequence and annotation file for
-each one.
+.. image:: images/zoom_factor.png
+ :alt: Zoom Factor
+ :align: center
-Using Mussagl
-=============
+The zoom factor represents the number of base pairs represented per
+pixel. When you zoom in far enough the sequence will switch from
+seeing a black bar, representing the sequence, to the actual sequence
+(well, ASCII representation of sequence).
-Launch Mussagl
---------------
-Launch Mussagl... It should look similar to the screen shot below.
+Dynamic Threshold
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/opened.png
- :alt: Launch Mussa
+.. image:: images/dynamic_threshold.png
+ :alt: Dynamic Threshold
:align: center
+You can dynamically change the threshold for how strong a match you
+consider the conservation to be by changing the value in the dynamic
+threshold box.
+The value you enter is the minimum number of base pairs that have to
+be matched in order to be considered conserved. The second number that
+you can't change is the `window size`_ you used when creating the
+experiment. The last number is the percent match.
-Create/Load Analysis
-----------------------
-
-Currently there are three ways to load a Mussa experiment.
+Below is an animation of the dynamic threshold being increased over
+time.
- 1. `Create a new analysis`_
- 2. `Load a mussa parameter file`_ (.mupa)
- 3. `Load an analysis`_
+.. image:: images/threshold_change.gif
+ :alt: Animated Dynamic Threshold
+ :align: center
-.. _createnew:
+See the Threshold_ section for more information.
-Create a new analysis
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To create a new analysis select 'Define analysis' from the 'File'
-menu. You should see a dialog box similar to the one below. For this
-demo we will use the example sequences that come with Mussagl.
+Sequence Information Bar
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/define_analysis.png
- :alt: Define Analysis
+.. image:: images/seq_info_bar.png
+ :alt: Sequence Information Bar
:align: center
-Instructions:
-
- 1. **Give the experiment a name**, for this demo, we'll use
- 'demo_w30_t20'. Mussa will create a folder with this name to store
- the analysis files in once it has been run.
-
- 2. Choose a `window size`_. For this demo **choose 30**.
-
- 3. Choose a threshold_... for this demo **choose 20**. See the
- Threshold_ section for more detailed information.
+The sequence information bars can be found to the left and right sides
+of Mussagl. Next to each sequence you will find the following
+information:
- 4. Choose the number of sequences_ you would like. For this demo
- **choose 3**.
+ 1. Species (If it has been defined)
+ 2. Total Size of Sequence
+ 3. Current base pair position
-.. image:: images/define_analysis_step1a.png
- :alt: Steps 1-4
- :align: center
+Note that you can **update the species** text box. Make sure to **save your
+experiment** after making this change by selecting **File > Save
+Analysis** from the menu.
-Now click on the 'Browse' button next to the sequence input box and
-then select /examples/seq/human_mck_pro.fa file. Do the same in the
-next two sequence input boxes selecting mouse_mck_pro.fa and
-rabbit_mck_pro.fa as shown below. Note that you can create annotation
-files using the mussa `Annotation File Format`_ to add annotations to
-your sequence.
+Sequence Scroll Bar
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/define_analysis_step2.png
- :alt: Choose sequences
+.. image:: images/scroll_bar.png
+ :alt: Sequence Scroll Bar
:align: center
-Click the **create** button and in a few moments you should see
-something similar to the following screen shot.
+The scroll bar allows you to scroll through the sequence which is
+useful when you have zoomed in using the `zoom factor`_.
-.. image:: images/demo.png
- :alt: Mussagl Demo
- :align: center
-This analysis is now saved in a directory called **demo_w30_t20** in
-the current working directory. If you close and reopen Mussagl, you
-can reload the saved analysis. See `Load an analysis`_ section below
-for details.
+Saving
+------
+Save on Close
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Load a mussa parameter file
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When ever you create a new analysis or make a change such as
+adding/editing a motif or changing a species name, an asterisk (*)
+will appear in the title of the window showing that there are changes
+that have not been saved. If you close a Mussa window without saving
+changes, Mussa will ask you if you would like to save the changes that
+have been made.
-If you prefer, you can define your Mussa analysis using the Mussa
-parameter file. See the `Parameter File Format`_ section for details
-on creating a .mupa file.
+Save Analysis
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Once you have a .mupa file created, load Mussagl and select the **File >
-Load Mussa Parameters** menu option. Select the .mupa file and click
-open.
+After making changes, such as updating species names or adding/editing
+motifs, you can save these changes by selecting the **File > Save
+analysis** menu option or pressing **CTRL + S** (PC) or
+**Apple/Command Key + S** (on Mac).
-.. image:: images/load_mupa_menu.png
- :alt: Load Mussa Parameters
+.. image:: images/save_analysis.png
+ :alt: Save analysis
:align: center
-If you would like to see an example, you can load the
-**mck3test.mupa** file in the examples directory that comes with
-Mussagl.
+Save Analysis As
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. image:: images/load_mupa_dialog.png
- :alt: Load Mussa Parameters Dialog
+To save a copy of your analysis to a new location, select the **File >
+Save analysis as** menu option and choose a new location and name for
+your analysis.
+
+.. image:: images/save_analysis_as.png
+ :alt: Save analysis
:align: center
+Save Motif List
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Load an analysis
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+See `Save Motifs to File`_ in the `Motifs`_ section.
-To load a previously run analysis open Mussagl and select the **File >
-Load Analysis** menu option. Select an analysis **directory** and
-click open.
-.. image:: images/load_analysis_menu.png
- :alt: Load Analysis Menu
- :align: center
+Viewing Multiple Analyses
+-------------------------
+Some times it is useful to view more than one analysis at a time. To
+do accomplish this, Mussa allows you to open a new Mussa window by
+selecting the **File > New Mussa Window** menu option.
-Main Window
------------
+.. image:: images/new_mussa_window_menu.png
+ :alt: New Mussa Window Menu Option
+ :align: center
-Overview
-~~~~~~~~
-.. Screen-shot with numbers showing features.
+A new Mussa window will pop up.
-.. image:: images/window_overview.png
- :alt: Mussa Window
+.. figure:: images/new_mussa_window.png
+ :alt: New Mussa Window
:align: center
-Legend:
+ A new Mussa window on the right, in which a second analysis has
+ been loaded.
- 1. `DNA Sequence (Black bars)`_
-
- 2. Annotation_
+Now you can create or load an existing analysis, in this new window,
+as described in the `Create/Load Analysis`_ section.
- 3. Motif_
+You can view as many analyses as you can fit on your screen or until
+you run out of available RAM. If you notice a rapid decrease in
+performance and hear lots of noise coming from your hard drive, you
+probably ran out of RAM and are now using virtual memory (i.e. much
+much slower). If this happens, you may need to avoid opening as many
+analyses at one time.
- 4. `Conservation tracks`_
- 5. `Motif Toggle`_
+Annotations / Motifs
+--------------------
- 6. `Zoom Factor`_ (Base pairs per pixel)
+Annotations
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- 7. `Dynamic Threshold`_
+Currently annotations can be added to a sequence using the mussa
+`annotation file format`_ and can be loaded by selecting the
+annotation file when defining a new analysis (see `Create a new
+analysis`_ section) or by defining a .mupa file pointing to your
+annotation file (see `Load a mussa parameter file`_ section).
- 8. `Sequence Information Bar`_
+Motifs
+~~~~~~
- 9. `Sequence Scroll Bar`_
+Load Motifs from File
+*********************
+It is possible to load motifs from a file which was saved from a
+previous run or by defining your own motif file. See the `Motif File
+Format`_ section for details.
-DNA Sequence (black bars)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+NOTE: Valid motif list file extensions are:
+
+ * .mtl
+ * .txt
-.. image:: images/sequence_bar.png
- :alt: Sequence Bar
+To load a motif file, select **Load Motif List** item from the
+**File** menu and select a motif list file.
+
+.. image:: images/load_motif.png
+ :alt: Load Motif List
:align: center
-Each of the black bars represents one of the loaded sequences, in this
-case the sequence around the gene 'MCK' in human, mouse, and rabbit.
-FIXME: Should I mention the repeats here?
+Save Motifs to File
+*******************
+Motifs from the `Motif Dialog`_ can be saved to file for use with
+other analyses. If you just want your motifs to be saved with your
+analysis, see the `save analysis`_ section for details.
-Annotation
-~~~~~~~~~~
+To save a motif list, select **File > Save Motifs** menu option. By
+default, Mussa will append .mtl if you do not provide a file extension
+(valid file extensions: .mtl & .txt).
-.. figure:: images/annotation.png
- :alt: Annotation
+.. image:: images/save_motifs.png
+ :alt: Save Motifs
:align: center
-
- Annotation shown in green on sequence bar.
-Annotations can be included on any of the sequences using the `Load a
-mussa parameter file`_ method of loading your sequences. You can
-define annotations by location or using an exact sub-sequence and you
-may also choose any color for display of the annotation; see the
-`Annotation File Format`_ section for details.
+Motif Dialog
+************
-Note: Currently there is no way to add annotations using the GUI (only
-via the .mupa file). We plan to add this feature in the future, but it
-likely will not make it into the first release.
+Mussa has the ability to find lab motifs using the `IUPAC Nucleotide
+Code`_ for defining a motif. To define a motif, select **Edit > Edit
+Motifs** menu item as shown below.
+.. image:: images/view_edit_motifs.png
+ :alt: "View > Edit Motifs" Menu
+ :align: center
-Motif
-~~~~~
+You will see a dialog box appear with a "apply" button in the bottom
+right and one rows for defining motifs and the color that will be
+displayed on the sequence. When you start adding your first motif, an
+additional row will be added. The check box in the first column
+defines whether the motif is displayed or not. The second column is
+the motif display color. The third column is for the name of your
+motif and finally, the fourth column is motif itself.
-.. figure:: images/motif.png
- :alt: Motif
+.. image:: images/motif_dialog_start.png
+ :alt: Motif Dialog
:align: center
- Motif shown in light blue on sequence bar.
+Now let's make a motif **'AT[C or G]CT'**. Using the `IUPAC Nucleotide
+Code`_, type in **'ATSCT'** into the motif field and **'My Motif'** for
+the name in the name field as shown below.
-The only real difference between an annotation and motif in Mussagl is
-that you can define motifs from within the GUI. See the `Motifs`_
-section for more information.
+Notice how a second row appeared when you started to add the first
+motif. Every time you add a new motif, a new row will appear allowing
+you to add as many motifs as you need.
+.. image:: images/motif_dialog_enter_motif.png
+ :alt: Enter Motif
+ :align: center
-Conservation tracks
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Now choose a color for your motif by clicking on the colored area to
+the left of the name field. Remember to choose a color that will show
+up well with a black bar as the background. A good tool for picking a
+color is the `Colour Contrast Analyser
+<http://juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.php>`_ by
+`juicystudio.com <http://juicystudio.com/>`_.
-.. figure:: images/conservation_tracks.png
- :alt: Conservation Tracks
+.. image:: images/color_chooser.png
+ :alt: Color Chooser
:align: center
-
- Conservations tracks shown as red and blue lines between sequence
- bars.
-
-The **red lines** between the sequence bars represent conservation
-between the sequences and **blue lines** represent **reverse
-complement** conservation. The amount of sequence conservation shown
-will depend on the relatedness of your sequences and the `dynamic
-threshold` you are using. Sequences with lots of repeats will cause
-major slow downs in calculating the matches.
+Once you have selected the color for your motif, click on the
+**'apply'** button. Notice that if Mussa finds matches to your motif
+will now show up in the main Mussa window.
-Motif Toggle
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Before Motif:
-.. image:: images/motif_toggle.png
- :alt: Motif Toggle
+.. image:: images/motif_dialog_bar_before.png
+ :alt: Sequence bar before motif
:align: center
-Toggles motifs on and off. This will not turn on and off annotations.
+After Motif:
-Note: As of the current build (#200), this feature hasn't been
-implemented.
+.. image:: images/motif_dialog_bar_after.png
+ :alt: Sequence bar after motif
+ :align: center
+To save your motifs with your analysis, see the `save analysis`_
+section. To save your motifs to a file, see the `save motifs to file`_
+section.
-Zoom Factor
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. image:: images/zoom_factor.png
- :alt: Zoom Factor
- :align: center
-
-The zoom factor represents the number of base pairs represented per
-pixel. When you zoom in far enough the sequence will switch from
-seeing a black bar, representing the sequence, to the actual sequence
-(well, ASCII representation of sequence).
-
-
-Dynamic Threshold
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. image:: images/dynamic_threshold.png
- :alt: Dynamic Threshold
- :align: center
-
-You can dynamically change the threshold for how strong a match you
-consider the conservation to be with one of two options:
-
- 1. Number of base pair matches out of window size.
-
- 2. Percent base pair conservation.
-
-See the Threshold_ section for more information.
-
-
-Sequence Information Bar
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. image:: images/seq_info_bar.png
- :alt: Sequence Information Bar
- :align: center
-
-The sequence information bars can be found to the left and right sides
-of Mussagl. Next to each sequence you will find the following
-information:
-
- 1. Species (If it has been defined)
- 2. Total Size of Sequence
- 3. Current base pair position
-
-
-Sequence Scroll Bar
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. image:: images/scroll_bar.png
- :alt: Sequence Scroll Bar
- :align: center
-
-The scroll bar allows you to scroll through the sequence which is
-useful when you have zoomed in using the `zoom factor`_.
-
-
-Annotations / Motifs
---------------------
-
-Annotations
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Currently annotations can be added to a sequence using the mussa
-`annotation file format`_ and can be loaded by selecting the
-annotation file when defining a new analysis (see `Create a new
-analysis`_ section) or by defining a .mupa file pointing to your
-annotation file (see `Load a mussa parameter file`_ section).
-
-Motifs
-~~~~~~
-
-Load Motifs from File
-*********************
-
-It is possible to load motifs from a file which was saved from a
-previous run or by defining your own motif file. See the `Motif File
-Format`_ section for details.
-
-NOTE: Valid motif list file extensions are:
-
- * .mtl
- * .txt
-
-To load a motif file, select **Load Motif List** item from the
-**File** menu and select a motif list file.
-
-.. image:: images/load_motif.png
- :alt: Load Motif List
- :align: center
-
-
-Save Motifs to File
-*******************
-
-Note: Currently not implemented
-
-
-Motif Dialog
-************
-
-**New Features:**
-
-Build 276
- * Allow for toggling individual motifs on and off.
-
-Build 269
- * Field added for naming motifs.
-
-Mussa has the ability to find lab motifs using the `IUPAC Nucleotide
-Code`_ for defining a motif. To define a motif, select **Edit > Edit
-Motifs** menu item as shown below.
-
-.. image:: images/view_edit_motifs.png
- :alt: "View > Edit Motifs" Menu
- :align: center
-
-You will see a dialog box appear with a "set motifs" button and 10
-rows for defining motifs and the color that will be displayed on the
-sequence. By default all 10 motifs start off as with white as the
-color. In the image below, I changed the color from white to blue to
-make it easier to see. The first text box is for the motif and the
-second box is for the name of the motif. The check box defines whether
-the motif is displayed or not.
-
-.. image:: images/motif_dialog_start.png
- :alt: Motif Dialog
- :align: center
-
-Now let's make a motif **'AT[C or G]CT'**. Using the `IUPAC Nucleotide
-Code`_, type in **'ATSCT'** into the first box and 'My Motif' for the
-name in the second box as shown below.
-
-.. image:: images/motif_dialog_enter_motif.png
- :alt: Enter Motif
- :align: center
-
-Now choose a color for your motif by clicking on the colored area to
-the left of the motif. In the image above, you would click on the blue
-square, but by default the squares will be white. Remember to choose a
-color that will show up well with a black bar as the background.
-
-.. image:: images/color_chooser.png
- :alt: Color Chooser
- :align: center
-
-Once you have selected the color for your motif, click on the 'set
-motifs' button. Notice that if Mussa finds matches to your motif will
-now show up in the main Mussagl window.
-
-Before Motif:
-
-.. image:: images/motif_dialog_bar_before.png
- :alt: Sequence bar before motif
- :align: center
-
-After Motif:
-
-.. image:: images/motif_dialog_bar_after.png
- :alt: Sequence bar after motif
- :align: center
+Deleting a Motif
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+To delete a motif, remove all text from the name and sequence columns
+and close the motif editor.
View Mussa Alignments
---------------------
Sub-analysis
------------
+Sub-analysis was created to allow you to analyze a sub-region using
+different parameters. This may allow you to find matches which may not
+have shown up with your initial settings.
+
To run a sub-analysis **highlight** a section of sequence and *right
click* on it and select **Add to subanalysis**. To the same for the
sequences shown in orange in the screenshot below. Note that you **are
-NOT limited** to selecting more than one subsequence from the same
+NOT limited** to selecting only one subsequence from the same
sequence.
.. image:: images/subanalysis_select_seqs.png
:alt: Copy sequence
:align: center
+
Saving to an Image
---------------------------------
- * Updated to build 419.
-
To save your current mussa view to an image, select **File > Save to
image...** as shown below.
Parameter File Format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Note that for the comment character '#' to work, it must contain a
+space after it (i.e. '# ').
+
**File Format (.mupa):**
::
APPEND_WIN <true/false>
APPEND_THRES <true/false>
- # how many sequences are being analyzed
- SEQUENCE_NUM <num>
-
# first sequence info
SEQUENCE <FASTA_file_path>
ANNOTATION <annotation_file_path>
name of directory where analysis will be saved."
"APPEND_WIN", "true/false", "?", "?", "Appends _w## to ANA_NAME"
"APPEND_THRES", "true or false", "?", "?", "Appends _t## to ANA_NAME"
- "SEQUENCE_NUM", "integer", "N/A", "true", "The number of sequences
- to analyze"
- "SEQUENCE", "/FASTA/filepath.fa", "N/A", "true", "Must define one
- sequence per SEQUENCE_NUM."
+ "SEQUENCE", "/FASTA/filepath.fa", "N/A", "true", "Absolute/Relative file
+ path to sequence."
"ANNOTATION", "/annotation/filepath.txt", "N/A", "false", "Optional
annotation file. See `annotation file format`_ section for more
information."
The first line in the file is the sequence name. Each line there after
is a **space** separated annotation.
-New as of build 198:
+Update:
* The annotation format now supports FASTA sequences embedded in the
annotation file as shown in the format example below. Mussagl will
====== ================= ===================================
+Obtaining Input Data - Continued
+--------------------------------
+
+If you already have your data, may want to go to the `Using Mussagl`_
+section of the manual.
+
+Let's say you have a gene of interest called 'SMN1' and you want to
+know how the sequence surrounding the gene in multiple species is
+conserved. Guess what, that's what we are going to do, retrieve the
+DNA sequence for SMN1 and prepare it for using in Mussa.
+
+For more information about SMN1 visit `NCBI's OMIM
+<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=609682>`_.
+
+The SMN1 data retrieved in this section can be downloaded from the
+`Mussa Example Data
+<http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/wiki/ExampleData>`_ page if
+you prefer to skip this section of the manual.
+
+UCSC Genome Browser Method
+--------------------------
+
+There are many methods of retrieving DNA sequence, but for this
+example we will retrieve SMN1 through the UCSC genome browser located
+at http://genome.ucsc.edu/.
+
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_genome_browser_home.png
+ :alt: UCSC Genome Browser
+ :align: center
+
+Step 1 - Find SMN1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The first step in finding SMN1 is to use the **Gene Sorter** menu
+option which I have highlighted in orange below:
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_menu_bar_gene_sorter.png
+ :alt: Gene Sorter Menu Option
+ :align: center
+
+Gene Sorter page:
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gene_sorter.png
+ :alt: Gene Sorter
+ :align: center
+
+We will start by looking for SMN1 in the **Human Genome** and **sorting by name similarity**.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_sort_name_sim.png
+ :alt: Gene Sorter - Name Similarity
+ :align: center
+
+After you have selected **Human Genome** and **sorting by name similarity**, type *SMN1* into the search box.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_smn1.png
+ :alt: Gene
+ :align: center
+
+Press **Go!** and you should see the following page:
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_found.png
+ :alt: Found SMN1
+ :align: center
+
+Click on **SMN1** and you will be taking the gene expression atlas
+page.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gs_genome_position.png
+ :alt: Gene expression atlas
+ :align: center
+
+Click on **chr5 70,270,558** found in the **SMN1 row**, **Genome
+position column**.
+
+Now we have found the location of SMN1 on human!
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human)
+ :align: center
+
+
+Step 2 - Download CDS/UTR sequence for annotations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Since we have found **SMN1**, this would be a convenient time to extract
+the DNA sequence for the CDS and UTRs of the gene to use it as an
+annotation_ in Mussa.
+
+**Click on SMN1** shown **between** the **two orange arrows** shown
+below.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_click_smn1.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Orange Arrows
+ :align: center
+
+You should find yourself at the SMN1 description page.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_description_page.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Description page
+ :align: center
+
+**Scroll down** until you get to the **Sequence section** and click on
+**Genomic (chr5:70,256,524-70,284,592)**.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_sequence.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Sequence
+ :align: center
+
+You should now be at the **Genomic sequence near gene** page:
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_genomic_sequence.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Get genomic sequence
+ :align: center
+
+Make the following changes (highlighted in orange in the screenshot
+below):
+
+ 1. UNcheck **introns**.
+ (We only want to annotate CDS and UTRs.)
+ 2. Select **one FASTA record** per **region**.
+ (Mussa needs each CDS and UTR represented by one FASTA record per CDS/UTR).
+ 3. Select **CDS in upper case, UTR in lower case.**
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_genomic_sequence_diff.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Get genomic sequence setup
+ :align: center
+
+Now click the **submit** button. You will then see a FASTA file with
+many FASTA records representing the CDS and UTRS.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_genomic_sequence_submit.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - CDS/UTR sequence
+ :align: center
+
+Now you need to save the FASTA records to a **text file**. If you are
+using **Firefox** or **Internet Explorer 6+** click on the **File >
+Save As** menu option.
+
+**IMPORTANT:** Make sure you select **Text Files** and **NOT**, I
+repeat **NOT Webpage Complete** (see screenshot below.)
+
+Type in **smn1_human_annot.txt** for the file name.
+
+.. image:: images/smn1_human_annot.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - sequence annotation file
+ :align: center
+
+**IMPORTANT:** You should open the file with a text editor and make
+ sure **no HTML** was saved... If you find any HTML markup, delete
+ the markup and save the file.
+
+Now we are going to **modify the file** you just saved to **add the
+name of the species** to the **annotation file**. All you have to do
+is **add a new line** at the **top of the file** with the word **'Human'** as
+shown below:
+
+.. image:: images/smn1_human_annot_plus_human.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - sequence annotation file
+ :align: center
+
+You can add more annotations to this file if you wish. See the
+`annotation file format`_ section for details of the file format. By
+including FASTA records in the annotation_ file, Mussa searches your
+DNA sequence for an exact match of the sequence in the annotation_
+file. If found, it will be marked as an annotation_ within Mussa.
+
+
+Step 3 - Download gene and upstream/downstream sequence
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Use the back button in your web browser to get back the **genome
+browser view** of **SMN1** as shown below.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human)
+ :align: center
+
+There are two options for getting additional sequence around your
+gene. The more complex way is to zoom out so that you have the
+sequence you want being shown in the genome browser and then follow
+the directions for the following method.
+
+The second option, which we will choose, is to leave the genome
+browser zoomed exactly at the location of SMN1 and click on the
+**DNA** option on the menu bar (shown with orange arrows in the
+screenshot below.)
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_dna_option.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - DNA Option
+ :align: center
+
+Now in the **get dna in window** page, let's add an arbitrary amount of
+extra sequence on to each end of the gene, let's say 5000 base pairs.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_get_dna.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Get DNA
+ :align: center
+
+Click the **get DNA** button.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_dna.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - DNA
+ :align: center
+
+Save the DNA sequence to a text file called 'smn1_human_dna.fa' as we
+did in step 2 with the annotation file.
+
+**IMPORTANT:** Make sure the file is saved as a text file and not an
+HTML file. Open the file with a text editor and remove any HTML markup
+you find.
+
+
+Step 4 - Same/similar/related gene other species.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+What good is a multiple sequence alignment viewer without multiple
+sequences? Let'S find a similar gene in a few more species.
+
+Use the back button on your web browser until you get the **genome
+browser view** of **SMN1** as shown below.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_genome_browser_home.png
+ :alt: UCSC Genome Browser
+ :align: center
+
+**Click on SMN1** shown **between** the **two orange arrows** shown
+below.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_click_smn1.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Orange Arrows
+ :align: center
+
+You should find yourself at the SMN1 description page.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_description_page.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Description page
+ :align: center
+
+**Scroll down** until you get to the **Sequence section** and click on
+**Protein (262 aa)**.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_sequence.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Sequence
+ :align: center
+
+Copy the SMN1 protein seqeunce by highlighting it and selecting **Edit
+> Copy** option from the menu.
+
+.. image:: images/smn1_human_protein.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Protein
+ :align: center
+
+Press the back button on the web browser once and then scroll to the
+top of the page and click on the **BLAT** option on the menu bar
+(shown below with orange arrows).
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat
+ :align: center
+
+**Paste** in the **protein sequence** and **change** the **genome** to
+**mouse** as shown below and then click **submit**.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat_paste.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat paste protein
+ :align: center
+
+Notice that we have two hits, one of which looks pretty good at 89.9%
+match.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat_hits.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat hits
+ :align: center
+
+**Click** on the **brower** link next to the 89.9% match. Notice in
+the genome browser (shown below) that there is an annotated gene
+called SMN1 for mouse which matches the line called **your sequence
+from blat search**. This means we are fairly confidant we found the
+right location in the mouse genome.
+
+.. image:: images/ucsc_gb_smn1_human_blat_to_browser.png
+ :alt: Genome Browser - SMN1 (human) - Blat to browser
+ :align: center
+
+Follow steps 1 through 3 for mouse and then repeat step 4 with the
+human protein sequence to find **SMN1** in the following species (if
+you find a match):
+
+ 1. Rat
+ 2. Rabbit
+ 3. Dog
+ 4. Armadillo
+ 5. Elephant
+ 6. Opposum
+ 7. x_tropicalis
+
+Make sure to save the extended DNA sequence and annotation file for
+each one.
+
+
+Step 5 - Create Analysis
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+At this point you should have the annotations and fasta files for each
+species. If you skipped the first four steps or are having trouble,
+you can download the example data from the `Mussa Example Data
+<http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/wiki/ExampleData>`_ page.
+
+There are two methods for creating an analysis. You can create MUssa
+PArameter file (.mupa), or you can use the create analysis dialog. To
+use the analysis dialog, see the `create a new analysis`_ section.
+
+If you are planning on do lots of analyses using the same sets of DNA
+sequence but with different parameters, annotations, and/or species,
+it is often best to setup a `mupa`_ file, so you can:
+
+ * Change parameters and rerun analysis easily.
+ * Use Mussa command line option to run a batch analyses.
+ * Define an analysis for someone else to run.
+
+Now, we will create a `mupa`_ file for smn1 for an analysis with
+Human, Mouse, and Cow. I'll start by showing you the `mupa`_ file and
+then walking you through it line by line.
+
+Start by creating a new text file called *smn1_human_mouse_cow.mupa*,
+in your smn1 directory. I decided to put each of the fasta and
+annotation files for each species in it's own directory, so I will use
+that setup (see screen shot below).
+
+.. image:: images/smn1_dir_structure.png
+ :alt: SMN1 directory structure
+ :align: center
+
+smn1_human_mouse_cow.mupa:
+::
+
+ # Analysis name
+ ANA_NAME smn1_human_mouse_cow
+
+ # Appending to analysis name
+ APPEND_WIN true
+ APPEND_THRES true
+
+ # Human sequence
+ SEQUENCE human/smn1_human_dna.fasta
+ ANNOTATION human/smn1_human_annotations.txt
+
+ SEQUENCE mouse/smn1_mouse_dna.fasta
+ ANNOTATION mouse/smn1_mouse_annotations.txt
+
+ SEQUENCE cow/smn1_cow_dna.fasta
+ ANNOTATION cow/smn1_cow_annotations.txt
+
+ # Window size / Threshold
+ WINDOW 30
+ THRESHOLD 24
+
+The first line is the analysis name. This will be the name of the
+directory the results will be saved in when using the Mussa `command
+line`_ option --no-gui to run an analysis. If you are using the Mussa
+GUI, then you will be prompted for a directory name as mentioned in
+the `saving`_ section.
+
+::
+
+ # Analysis name
+ ANA_NAME smn1_human_mouse_cow
+
+If your provide the APPEND_WIN and/or APPEND_THRES, and set them to
+true, the window size and threshold will be appended to the analysis
+name. In this example, using the --no-gui `command line`_ option, our
+directory name would be *smn1_human_mouse_cow_w30_t24*.
+
+::
+
+ # Appending to analysis name
+ APPEND_WIN true
+ APPEND_THRES true
+
+The following six lines provide Mussa with the location of the
+sequence files and annotation files. The files can provided with
+relative paths from the .mupa file. In other words, this .mupa file
+will provide the proper path to the human sequence only if there
+exists a directory called *human* in the same directory as this .mupa
+file.
+
+To provide the species name for each species, you have to put the
+species name in the annotation files. See the `annotation file
+format`_ section for more details.
+
+::
+
+ # Human sequence
+ SEQUENCE human/smn1_human_dna.fasta
+ ANNOTATION human/smn1_human_annotations.txt
+
+ SEQUENCE mouse/smn1_mouse_dna.fasta
+ ANNOTATION mouse/smn1_mouse_annotations.txt
+
+ SEQUENCE cow/smn1_cow_dna.fasta
+ ANNOTATION cow/smn1_cow_annotations.txt
+
+And finally, the `window size`_ and `threshold`_ parameters.
+
+::
+
+ # Window size / Threshold
+ WINDOW 30
+ THRESHOLD 24
+
+Next, open Mussagl and select the **File > Create Analysis from File**
+menu option. Mussagl should run your analysis if everything was setup
+properly.
+
+
+
+Understanding Mussa
+===================
+
+Command Line
+------------
+
+Mussa has some very useful command line options that allow for
+loading an existing analysis or running a new analysis with or without
+launching the GUI.
+
+Mussa options:
+ --help help message
+ -p, --run-analysis arg run an analysis defined by the mussa parameter file
+ --view-analysis arg load a previously run analysis
+ --motifs arg annotate analysis with motifs from this file
+ --no-gui terminate without running an analysis
+ --python launch as a `python interpreter`_
+
+Running an analysis using the --no-gui option is useful when you want
+to run many analyses on a compute server and save the results for
+viewing in the future.
+
+
+Performance
+-----------
+
+Algorithm Behavior
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+FIXME: Include seqcomp algorithm info.
+
+FIXME: Include transitivity info.
+
+Repeats
+~~~~~~~
+
+Repeat masking of all input sequences, or at least of the "reference"
+genome, can be important for reducing compute time and for simplifying
+subsequent visual interpretation. Larger loci generally contain more
+repeat elements, and as their number grows so will the number of Mussa
+connections among them. If not repeat filtered, connectivity between
+shared repeat elements can obscure important relationships between
+single copy features.
+
+The formula for the number of connections, C, that will be made for R
+instances of a single repeat (meaning R copies of one repeat in each
+sequence) and S sequences is:
+
+C = (R^2)[S(S-1)/2]
+
+Table of example situations:
+
+===== ===== =====
+ C R S
+===== ===== =====
+ 16 4 2
+ 48 4 3
+ 96 4 4
+ 160 4 5
+ 240 4 6
+ 336 4 7
+ 448 4 8
+ 24 2 4
+ 54 3 4
+ 96 4 4
+ 150 5 4
+ 216 6 4
+ 294 7 4
+ 384 8 4
+ 2500 50 2
+ 7500 50 3
+15000 50 4
+10000 100 2
+30000 100 3
+60000 100 4
+===== ===== =====
+
+After the connections, C, are found, they are passed on to the
+transitivity filter, which is a C^2 algorithm (FIXME: confirm
+algorithm is C^2). This means with 50 repeats in 2 sequences giving
+you a C of 2500, ends up with a C^2 of 6,250,000.
+
+**Conclusion: repeats cause the processing time of Mussa to skyrocket.**
+
+To deal with a situation where you have many repeats in your sequences
+do any of the following:
+
+ * Use shorter sequence lengths.
+ * Repeat mask one or more of your sequences.
+ * Increase the threshold.
+
+
+Details
+-------
+
+Case: Conservation track suddenly stops
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Details about this potentially confusing case can be found `here
+<http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/wiki/OverlappingWindows>`_.
+
+Python Interpreter
+------------------
+
+Mussagl has some functionality for running a python interpreter for
+interacting with the internals of Mussagl and/or executing Python
+code. This feature is mostly experimental at this point in time. If
+you have interest in this feature or would like to know more about it,
+contact us using the contact information found at
+http://mussa.caltech.edu/.
+
.. Define links below
------------------
.. _wiki: http://mussa.caltech.edu
.. _build: http://woldlab.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/mussa/wiki/MussaglBuild
.. _FASTA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fasta_format
-.. _wpDnaMotif: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_motif
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+.. _wpDnaMotif: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_motif
+.. _mupa: `Parameter File Format`_
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