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• Introduction to CLC Cancer Research Workbench
  • Contact information
  • System requirements
    • Limitations on maximum number of cores
  • Licenses
    • Request an evaluation license
    • Download a license using a license order ID ID
    • Import a license from a file
    • Upgrade license
    • Configure license server connection
    • Download a static license on a non-networked machine
    • Limited mode
  • About CLC Workbenches
    • New program feature request
    • Getting help
  • When the program is installed: Getting started
    • Import of example data
  • Plugins
    • Installing plugins
    • Uninstalling plugins
    • Updating plugins
    • Resources
  • Network configuration
• User interface
  • View Area
    • Open view
    • Show element in another view
    • Close views
    • Save changes in a view
    • Undo/Redo
    • Arrange views in View Area
    • Moving a view to a different screen
    • Side Panel
  • Zoom and selection in View Area
    • Zoom in
    • Zoom out
    • Selecting, panning and zooming
  • Toolbox and Status Bar
    • Processes
    • Toolbox
    • Status Bar
  • Workspace
    • Create Workspace
    • Select Workspace
    • Delete Workspace
  • List of shortcuts
• Data organization and management
  • Navigation Area
    • Data structure
    • Create new folders
    • Sorting folders
    • Multiselecting elements
    • Moving and copying elements
    • Change element names
    • Delete, restore and remove elements
    • Show folder elements in a table
  • Customized attributes on data locations
    • Configuring which fields should be available
    • Editing lists
    • Removing attributes
    • Changing the order of the attributes
  • Filling in values
    • What happens when a clc object is copied to another data location?
    • Searching
    • Import your own reference data
    • Retrieving reference data tracks
  • Sequence web info
    • Google sequence
    • NCBI
    • PubMed References
    • UniProt
    • Additional annotation information
• User preferences and settings
  • General preferences
  • Default view preferences
    • Number formatting in tables
    • Import and export Side Panel settings
  • Data preferences
  • Advanced preferences
    • Default data location
  • Export/import of preferences
    • The different options for export and import
  • View settings for the Side Panel
    • Saving, removing and applying saved settings
• Printing
  • Selecting which part of the view to print
  • Page setup
    • Header and footer
  • Print preview
• Import/export of data and graphics
  • Standard import
    • Import using the import dialog
    • Import using drag and drop
    • Import using copy/paste of text
    • External files
  • Import tracks
  • Import high-throughput sequencing data
    • 454 from Roche Applied Science
    • Illumina
    • SOLiD from Life Technologies
    • Fasta read files
    • Sanger sequencing data
    • Ion Torrent PGM from Life Technologies
    • Complete Genomics
    • General notes on handling paired data
    • SAM and BAM mapping files
  • Import Primer Pairs
  • Data export
    • Export of folders and multiple elements in CLC format
    • Export of dependent elements
    • Export history
    • The CLC format
    • Backing up data from the CLC Workbench
    • Export of workflow output
    • Export of tables
  • Export graphics to files
    • Which part of the view to export
    • Save location and file formats
    • Graphics export parameters
    • Exporting protein reports
  • Export graph data points to a file
  • Copy/paste view output
• History log
  • Element history
    • Sharing data with history
• Batching and result handling
  • Batch processing
    • Batch overview
    • Batch filtering and counting
    • Setting parameters for batch runs
    • Running the analysis and organizing the results
  • How to handle results of analyses
    • Table outputs
    • Batch log
  • Working with tables
    • Filtering tables
• Viewing and editing sequences
  • View sequence
    • Sequence settings in Side Panel
    • Restriction sites in the Side Panel
    • Selecting parts of the sequence
    • Editing the sequence
    • Sequence region types
  • Circular DNA
    • Using split views to see details of the circular molecule
    • Mark molecule as circular and specify starting point
  • Working with annotations
    • Viewing annotations
    • Adding annotations
    • Edit annotations
    • Removing annotations
  • Element information
  • View as text
  • Sequence Lists
    • Graphical view of sequence lists
    • Sequence list table
    • Extract sequences from sequence list
• Getting started
  • Reference data
    • The Workbench Reference data location
    • Space requirements
    • Where reference data is downloaded from
    • Download and configure reference data
    • Troubleshooting reference data downloads
  • Create new folder
  • Import data
    • How to import data
• Preparing Raw Data
  • Prepare sequencing data - all application types
    • Import adapter trim list
    • How to run the 'Prepare Overlapping Raw Data' ready-to-use workflow
    • How to run the 'Prepare Raw Data' ready-to-use workflow
    • Output from the Prepare Overlapping Raw Data and Prepare Raw Data workflows
    • How to check the output reports
  • Analysis of sequencing data
• Whole genome sequencing (WGS)
  • Automatic analysis of sequencing data (WGS)
  • Identify Variants (WGS)
    • How to run the 'Identify Variants' ready-to-use workflow
    • Output from the Identify Variants workflow
  • Annotate Variants (WGS)
  • Filter Somatic Variants (WGS)
  • Identify Somatic Variants from Tumor Normal Pair (WGS)
  • Identify Known Variants in One Sample (WGS)
    • Import your known variants
    • Import your targeted regions
    • How to run the 'Identify Known Variants in One Sample' ready-to-use workflow
    • Output from the Identify Known Variants in One Sample
• Whole exome sequencing (WES)
  • Automatic analysis of sequencing data (WES)
  • Identify Variants (WES)
  • Annotate Variants (WES)
  • Filter Somatic Variants (WES)
  • Identify Somatic Variants from Tumor Normal Pair (WES)
    • Import your targeted regions
    • How to run the 'Identify Somatic Variants from Tumor Normal Pair' ready-to-use workflow
  • Identify Known Variants in One Sample (WES)
    • Import your known variants
    • Import your targeted regions
    • How to run the 'Identify Known Variants in One Sample' ready-to-use workflow
    • Output from the Identify Known Variants in One Sample
  • Identify and Annotate Variants (WES)
• Targeted amplicon sequencing (TAS)
  • Automatic analysis of sequencing data (TAS)
  • Identify Variants (TAS)
  • Annotate Variants (TAS)
  • Filter Somatic Variants (TAS)
  • Identify Somatic Variants from Tumor Normal Pair (TAS)
    • Import your targeted regions
    • How to run the 'Identify Somatic Variants from Tumor Normal Pair' ready-to-use workflow
  • Identify Known Variants in One Sample (TAS)
    • Import your known variants
    • Import your targeted regions
    • How to run the 'Identify Known Variants in One Sample' ready-to-use workflow
    • Output from the Identify Known Variants in One Sample
  • Identify and Annotate Variants (TAS)
• Whole Transcriptome Sequencing (WTS)
  • Automatic analysis of RNA-seq data
  • Analysis of multiple samples
  • Annotate Variants (WTS)
  • Compare variants in DNA and RNA
  • Identify Candidate Variants and Genes from Tumor Normal Pair
  • Identify variants and add expression values
  • Identify and Annotate Differentially Expressed Genes and Pathways
• Using data from other workbenches
  • Open outputs from other workbenches
• Genome browser tools
  • Create new genome browser view
  • Genome browser view
    • Zooming and navigating the genome browser views
    • Adding, removing and reordering tracks
    • Showing a track in a table
    • Open track from a track list in table view
    • Finding annotations on the genome
    • Extract sequences from tracks
    • Creating track lists in workflows
  • Creating graph tracks
• Quality control tools
  • QC for Target Sequencing
    • Running the 'QC for Target Sequencing' tool
    • Coverage summary report
    • Per-region statistics
    • Coverage table
  • QC for Sequencing Reads
    • Report contents
    • Adapters
    • Running the 'QC for Sequencing Reads' tool
  • QC for Read Mapping
    • Running the 'QC for Read Mapping' tool
    • Summary mapping report
• Preparing raw data tools
  • Merge overlapping pairs
    • Using quality scores when merging
    • Report of merged pairs
  • Trim Sequences
    • Quality trimming
    • Adapter trimming
    • Length trimming
    • Trim output
  • Demultiplex reads
• Resequencing analysis tools
  • Identify Known Mutations from Sample Mappings
    • Input and Parameters
    • Output from the 'Identify Known Mutations from Sample Mappings' tool
    • How to run the 'Identify Known Mutations from Sample Mappings' tool
  • Trim primers of mapped reads
  • Map Reads to Reference
    • Selecting reads and reference
    • Including or excluding regions (masking)
    • Mapping parameters
    • Gap placement
    • Computational requirements
    • Reference Caching
  • Mapping output options
  • Color space
    • Sequencing
    • Error modes
    • Mapping in color space
    • Viewing color space information
  • Mapping result
    • View settings in the Side Panel
  • Local realignment
    • Method
    • Realignment of unaligned ends
    • Guided Realignment
    • Multi-pass local realignment
    • Known Limitations
    • Computational Requirements
    • How to run the Local Realignment tool
  • Remove duplicate mapped reads
    • Algorithm details and parameters
    • Running the duplicate reads removal
  • Coverage analysis
    • Running the Coverage analysis tool
  • Variant Detectors - overview
    • Differences among the variants called by the three variant callers
    • How the variant detectors work
  • Basic Variant Detection
  • Fixed Ploidy Variant Detection
    • Ploidy and sensitivity
  • Low Frequency Variant Detection
  • Variant Detectors - error model estimation
  • Variant Detectors - filters
    • General filters
    • Noise filters
  • Variant Detectors - the outputs
    • The variant track output
    • The annotated table output
    • The report
  • InDels and Structural Variants
    • How to run the InDels and Structural Variants tool
    • The Structural Variants and InDels output
    • The InDels and Structural Variants detection algorithm
    • The InDels and Structural Variants detection algorithm - Step 1: Creating Left- and Right breakpoint signatures
    • The InDels and Structural Variants detection algorithm - Step 2: Creating Structural variant signatures
    • Theoretically expected structural variant signatures
    • How sequence complexity is calculated
  • Variant data
    • Variant tracks
    • The annotated variant table
    • Variant types
  • Detailed information about overlapping paired reads
• Add information to variants tools
  • Add information from variant databases
  • Add conservation scores
  • Add exon number
  • Add flanking sequence
  • Add fold changes
  • Add information about amino acid changes
  • Add information from overlapping genes
  • Add information from genomic regions
  • From databases
    • Add information from 1000 Genomes Project
    • Add information from COSMIC
    • Add information from ClinVar
    • Add information from common dbSNP
    • Add information from HapMap
    • Add information from dbSNP
• Remove variants tools
  • Remove variants found in external database
  • Remove variants not found in external database
  • Remove false positives
  • Remove Germline Variants
  • Remove reference variants
  • Remove variants inside genome regions
  • Remove variants outside genome regions
  • Remove variants outside targeted regions
  • From databases
    • Remove variants found in 1000 genomes project
    • Remove variants found in common dbSNP
    • Remove variants found in HapMap
• Add information to genes tool
  • Add information from overlapping variants
• Compare samples tools
  • Compare shared variants within a group of samples
  • Identify Enriched Variants in Case vs Control Group
  • Trio analysis
• Identify candidate variants tools
  • Create Filter Criteria
  • Identify candidate variants
  • Remove information from variants
  • Identify variants with effect on splicing
• Identify candidate genes tools
  • Identify differentially expressed gene groups and pathways
  • Identify highly mutated gene groups and pathways
  • Identify mutated genes
  • Select genes by name
• Transcriptomics tools
  • RNA-Seq analysis
    • Specifying reads and reference
    • Tightly packed genes and genes in operons
    • Defining mapping options for RNA-Seq
    • Calculating expression values from RNA-Seq
    • Specifying RNA-Seq outputs
    • Interpreting the RNA-Seq analysis result
    • Create fold change track
  • Small RNA analysis
    • Extract and count
    • Downloading miRBase
    • Annotating and merging small RNA samples
    • Working with the small RNA sample
    • Exploring novel miRNAs
  • Experimental design
    • Setting up an experiment
    • Organization of the experiment table
    • Visualizing RNA-Seq read tracks for the experiment
    • Adding annotations to an experiment
    • Scatter plot view of an experiment
    • Cross-view selections
  • Working with tracks and experiments
    • Data structures for transcriptomics
    • Running the Create Track from Experiment tool
    • Interpreting the results of the Create Track from Experiment tool
  • Transformation and normalization
    • Selecting transformed and normalized values for analysis
    • Transformation
    • Normalization
  • Quality control
    • Creating box plots - analyzing distributions
    • Hierarchical clustering of samples
    • Principal component analysis
  • Statistical analysis - identifying differential expression
    • Empirical analysis of DGE
    • Volcano plots - inspecting the result of the statistical analysis
  • Feature clustering
    • Hierarchical clustering of features
    • K-means/medoids clustering
  • Annotation tests
    • Hypergeometric tests on annotations
    • Gene set enrichment analysis
  • General plots
    • Histogram
    • MA plot
    • Scatter plot
• Helper tools
  • Extract sequences
• Sequencing Data Analysis
  • Importing and viewing trace data
    • Scaling traces
    • Trace settings in the Side Panel
  • Trim sequences
    • Trimming using the Trim tool
    • Manual trimming
  • Assemble sequences
  • Sort Sequences By Name
  • Assemble sequences to reference
  • Add sequences to an existing contig
  • View and edit read mappings
    • View settings in the Side Panel
    • Editing the read mapping
    • Sorting reads
    • Read conflicts
    • Extract parts of a mapping
    • Variance table
  • Reassemble contig
  • Secondary peak calling
• Primers
  • Primer design - an introduction
    • General concept
    • Scoring primers
  • Setting parameters for primers and probes
    • Primer Parameters
  • Graphical display of primer information
    • Compact information mode
    • Detailed information mode
  • Output from primer design
    • Saving primers
    • Saving PCR fragments
    • Adding primer binding annotation
  • Standard PCR
    • User input
    • Standard PCR output table
  • Nested PCR
    • Nested PCR output table
  • TaqMan
    • TaqMan output table
  • Sequencing primers
    • Sequencing primers output table
  • Alignment-based primer and probe design
    • Specific options for alignment-based primer and probe design
    • Alignment based design of PCR primers
    • Alignment-based TaqMan probe design
  • Analyze primer properties
  • Find binding sites and create fragments
    • Binding parameters
    • Results - binding sites and fragments
  • Order primers
• Workflows
  • Creating a workflow
    • Adding workflow elements
    • Configuring workflow elements
    • Locking and unlocking parameters
    • Connecting workflow elements
    • Input and output
    • Layout
    • Input modifying tools
    • Workflow validation
    • Workflow creation helper tools
    • Adding to workflows
    • Supported data flows
  • Distributing and installing workflows
    • Creating a workflow installation file
    • Installing a workflow
    • Workflow identification and versioning
    • Automatic update of workflow elements
  • Executing a workflow
• Legacy tools
  • Quality-based variant detection
    • Assessing the quality of the neighborhood bases
    • Significance of variant
    • Ploidy and genetic code
    • Reporting the variants
  • Probabilistic variant detection
    • Calculation of the prior and error probabilities
    • Calculation of the likelihood
    • Calculation of the posterior probability for each site type at each position in the genome
    • Comparison with the reference sequence and identification of candidate variants
    • Posterior filtering and reporting of variants
    • Running the variant detection
    • Setting ploidy and genetic code
    • Reporting the variants found
• Appendix
  • Use of multi-core computers
  • Reference data overview
  • IUPAC codes for amino acids
  • IUPAC codes for nucleotides
  • Formats for import and export
    • List of bioinformatic data formats
    • List of graphics data formats
  • SAM/BAM export format specification
    • Flags
  • Gene expression annotation files and microarray data formats
    • GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus)
    • Affymetrix GeneChip
    • Illumina BeadChip
    • Gene ontology annotation files
    • Generic expression and annotation data file formats
  • Translation Tables
    • 1. Standard
    • 2. Vertebrate Mitochondrial
    • 3. Yeast Mitochondrial
    • 4. Mold Mitochondrial; Protozoan Mitochondrial; Coelenterate Mitochondrial; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma
    • 5. Invertebrate Mitochondrial
    • 6. Ciliate Nuclear; Dasycladacean Nuclear; Hexamita Nuclear
    • 9. Echinoderm Mitochondrial; Flatworm Mitochondrial
    • 10. Euplotid Nuclear
    • 11. Bacterial and Plant Plastid
    • 12. Alternative Yeast Nuclear
    • 13. Ascidian Mitochondrial
    • 14. Alternative Flatworm Mitochondrial
    • 15. Blepharisma Macronuclear
    • 16. Chlorophycean Mitochondrial
    • 21. Trematode Mitochondrial
    • 22. Scenedesmus Obliquus Mitochondrial
    • 23. Thraustochytrium Mitochondrial
    • 24. Pterobranchia Mitochondrial
    • 25. Candidate Division SR1 and Gracilibacteria
  • Matrices for alignment calculation
    • PAM30 log-odds matrix
    • PAM60 log-odds matrix
    • BLOSUM42 log-odds matrix
    • BLOSUM62 log-odds matrix
    • BLOSUM80 log-odds matrix
• Bibliography

IUPAC codes for amino acids

(Single-letter codes based on International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)

The information is gathered from: http://www.insdc.org/documents/feature_table.html

One-letter abbreviation	Three-letter abbreviation	Description
A	Ala	Alanine
R	Arg	Arginine
N	Asn	Asparagine
D	Asp	Aspartic acid
C	Cys	Cysteine
Q	Gln	Glutamine
E	Glu	Glutamic acid
G	Gly	Glycine
H	His	Histidine
J	Xle	Leucine or Isoleucineucine
L	Leu	Leucine
I	ILe	Isoleucine
K	Lys	Lysine
M	Met	Methionine
F	Phe	Phenylalanine
P	Pro	Proline
O	Pyl	Pyrrolysine
U	Sec	Selenocysteine
S	Ser	Serine
T	Thr	Threonine
W	Trp	Tryptophan
Y	Tyr	Tyrosine
V	Val	Valine
B	Asx	Aspartic acid or Asparagine Asparagine
Z	Glx	Glutamic acid or Glutamine Glutamine
X	Xaa	Any amino acid

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