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csv2mipe

CSV2MIPE(1)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					       CSV2MIPE(1)

NAME

       csv2mipe.pl - Generates MIPE file based on 3 tab-delimited files
	 based on MIPE version v1.1
	 arguments: * tab-delimited file with PCR-level data
		    * tab-delimited file with SNP-level data
		    * tab-delimited file with assay-level data

	 Columns in file with PCR-level data:
	   pcr_id
	   pcr_modified (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")
	   pcr_project (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")
	   pcr_researcher (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")
	   pcr_species
	   source_type
	   source_id
	   design_seq
	   primer1_oligo
	   primer1_seq
	   primer1_tm
	   primer2_oligo
	   primer2_seq
	   primer2_tm
	   design_remark (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")
	   use_seq
	   use_revcomp
	   use_remark (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")
	   pcr_remark (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")

	 Columns in file with SNP-level data:
	   pcr_id
	   snp_id
	   snp_pos
	   snp_amb
	   snp_remark (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")

	 Columns in file with assay-level data:
	   pcr_id
	   snp_id
	   assay_id
	   assay_type
	   assay_enzyme
	   assay_oligo
	   assay_specific
	   assay_tail
	   assay_strand
	   assay_remark (might be multiple, divided by semi-colon ";")

SYNOPSIS

       csv2mipe.pl <pcr_file.csv> <snp_file.csv> <assay_file.csv>

ADDITIONAL INFO

       See http://mipe.sourceforge.net

AUTHOR

       Jan Aerts (jan.aerts@bbsrc.ac.uk)

perl v5.14.2							    2005-07-20							       CSV2MIPE(1)