getTssFromGTF {GenomicDistributions} | R Documentation

## Get transcription start sites (TSSs) from a remote or local GTF file

### Description

Get transcription start sites (TSSs) from a remote or local GTF file

### Usage

    getTssFromGTF(source, convertEnsemblUCSC = FALSE, destDir = NULL)

### Arguments

`source` | a string that is either a path to a local or remote GTF
`convertEnsemblUCSC` | a logical indicating whether Ensembl style chromosome annotation should be changed to UCSC style
`destDir` | a string that indicates the path to the directory where the downloaded GTF file should be stored

### Value

a list of GRanges objects

### Examples

    CElegansGtfUrl = "http://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-103/gtf/caenorhabditis_elegans/Caenorhabditis_elegans.WBcel235.103.gtf.gz"
    CElegansTss = getTssFromGTF(CElegansGtfUrl, TRUE)

[Package GenomicDistributions version 1.2.0 Index]