SelectiveGenomeAmplification
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PI: http://brisson.bio.upenn.edu/

To use this you'll need:

 - A unix environment
 - kmer_total_count, a kmer counter available here: http://github.com/mutantturkey/dna-utils/
 - bash or compliant shell.
 
 

Example Usage:

    cd SelectiveGenomeAmplification;
    ./selectiveGenomeAmplification.sh PfalciparumGenome.fasta HumanGenome.fasta;
    less PfalciparumGenome.fasta_HumanGenome_final_mers
   
For user customizable variables:

    max_mer_distance=5000; max_select=6 min_mer_range=6 max_mer_range=12 \
    ./SelectiveGenomeAmplification.sh PfalciparumGenome.fasta half.fasta 

## Customizable variables

range of mers, min and max 

C | variable | default | notes
:---- | :---- | :---- | ---- | :----
Y | min_mer_range | 6  | minimum mer size to use
Y | max_mer_range | 10 | maximum mer size to use 
Y | max_mer_distance | 5000 | maximum distance between mers in foreground
Y | counts_directory | $PWD/counts | *PWD is current directory
N | output_directory | $PWD/$foreground_$background/ | ex. if fg is Bacillus.fasta and  bg is HumanGenome.fasta then folder would be $PWD/Bacillus_HumanGenome_output/
Y | tmp_directory=$PWD/tmp | temporary files directory
Y | max_melting_temp | 30° | maximum melting temp of mers
Y | min_melting_temp | 0° | minimum melting temp of mers
Y | min_mer_count | Not Enabled (0) | only select mers that occur more frequently than this number
Y | max_select | maximum number of mers to pick
Y | ignore_mers | Not Enabled | mers to explicitly ignore, space seperated ex. ignore_mers="ACAGTA ACCATAA ATATATAT"