p3-closest-seqs

Find Closest Sequences Using Kmers

p3-closest-seqs.pl [options] kmerDB

This script takes as input a file of DNA or protein sequences and compares them to a kmer database. The closest groups within a certain threshold are listed. So, for example, given a kmer database of protein sequences for features and an incoming file of new proteins, each new protein would be paired with the features in the kmer database with which it is closest. Given a kmer database of DNA sequences for genomes and an incoming file of contigs, each incoming contig would be paired with the genomes with which it is closest. Use p3-build-kmer-db to build the kmer database.

Parameters

The positional parameter is the file name of the kmer database.

The standard input can be overridden using the options in Input Options.

The default location for the incoming sequence is the last column of the input file. Use the options in Column Options to change it.

The following additional options are supported.

min

Minimum number of kmer matches for a sequence to be considered close. The default is 40.