8. Browser Extensible Data (BED)#
A BED file has 3 to 12 columns, the first three 3 columns are mandatory.
Column NO. |
Column Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
1 |
chromosome |
name of chromosome |
2 |
start position |
start pos of the feature |
3 |
end position |
end pos of the feature |
4 |
name |
name of the feature |
5 |
score |
a numerical to represent the significance of the feature |
6 |
strand |
the strand information where the feature located |
7 |
thick start |
|
8 |
thick end |
|
9 |
RGB |
|
10 |
Block count |
|
11 |
Block size |
|
12 |
Block start |