ids = new EnsemblSymbol(getDomain(), getDbSource(),
- getDbVersion()).getIds(query);
- if (ids != null)
- {
- for (String id : ids)
- {
- if (isGeneIdentifier(id))
- {
- return id;
- }
- }
- }
- return null;
- }
-
- /**
* Constructs all transcripts for the gene, as identified by "transcript"
* features whose Parent is the requested gene. The coding transcript
* sequences (i.e. with introns omitted) are added to the alignment.
@@ -298,8 +267,8 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
* the parent gene sequence, with features
* @return
*/
- SequenceI makeTranscript(SequenceFeature transcriptFeature,
- AlignmentI al, SequenceI gene)
+ SequenceI makeTranscript(SequenceFeature transcriptFeature, AlignmentI al,
+ SequenceI gene)
{
String accId = getTranscriptId(transcriptFeature);
if (accId == null)
@@ -348,7 +317,8 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
mappedFrom.add(new int[] { sf.getBegin(), sf.getEnd() });
}
- Sequence transcript = new Sequence(accId, seqChars, 1, transcriptLength);
+ Sequence transcript = new Sequence(accId, seqChars, 1,
+ transcriptLength);
/*
* Ensembl has gene name as transcript Name
@@ -411,6 +381,12 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
/**
* Returns a list of the transcript features on the sequence whose Parent is
* the gene for the accession id.
+ *
+ * Transcript features are those of type "transcript", or any of its sub-types
+ * in the Sequence Ontology e.g. "mRNA", "processed_transcript". We also
+ * include "NMD_transcript_variant", because this type behaves like a
+ * transcript identifier in Ensembl, although strictly speaking it is not in
+ * the SO.
*
* @param accId
* @param geneSequence
@@ -422,19 +398,18 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
List transcriptFeatures = new ArrayList();
String parentIdentifier = GENE_PREFIX + accId;
- // todo optimise here by transcript type!
+
List sfs = geneSequence.getFeatures()
- .getPositionalFeatures();
+ .getFeaturesByOntology(SequenceOntologyI.TRANSCRIPT);
+ sfs.addAll(geneSequence.getFeatures().getPositionalFeatures(
+ SequenceOntologyI.NMD_TRANSCRIPT_VARIANT));
for (SequenceFeature sf : sfs)
{
- if (isTranscript(sf.getType()))
+ String parent = (String) sf.getValue(PARENT);
+ if (parentIdentifier.equals(parent))
{
- String parent = (String) sf.getValue(PARENT);
- if (parentIdentifier.equals(parent))
- {
- transcriptFeatures.add(sf);
- }
+ transcriptFeatures.add(sf);
}
}
@@ -551,8 +526,8 @@ public class EnsemblGene extends EnsemblSeqProxy
@Override
public boolean isFeatureDisplayed(String type)
{
- return (so.isA(type, SequenceOntologyI.EXON) || so.isA(type,
- SequenceOntologyI.SEQUENCE_VARIANT));
+ return (so.isA(type, SequenceOntologyI.EXON)
+ || so.isA(type, SequenceOntologyI.SEQUENCE_VARIANT));
}
@Override