Agent skill

bio-epitranscriptomics-modification-visualization

Create metagene plots and browser tracks for RNA modification data. Use when visualizing m6A distribution patterns around genomic features like stop codons.

Stars 163
Forks 31

Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/development/bio-epitranscriptomics-modification-visualization

SKILL.md

Modification Visualization

Metagene Plots with Guitar

r
library(Guitar)
library(TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene)

# Load m6A peaks
peaks <- import('m6a_peaks.bed')

# Create metagene plot
# Shows distribution relative to transcript features
GuitarPlot(
    peaks,
    txdb = TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene,
    saveToPDFprefix = 'm6a_metagene'
)

Custom Metagene with deepTools

bash
# Create bigWig from IP/Input ratio
bamCompare -b1 IP.bam -b2 Input.bam \
    --scaleFactors 1:1 \
    --ratio log2 \
    -o IP_over_Input.bw

# Metagene around stop codons
computeMatrix scale-regions \
    -S IP_over_Input.bw \
    -R genes.bed \
    --regionBodyLength 2000 \
    -a 500 -b 500 \
    -o matrix.gz

plotProfile -m matrix.gz -o metagene.pdf

Browser Tracks

bash
# Create normalized bigWig for genome browser
bamCoverage -b IP.bam \
    --normalizeUsing CPM \
    -o IP_normalized.bw

# Peak BED to bigBed
bedToBigBed m6a_peaks.bed chrom.sizes m6a_peaks.bb

Heatmaps

r
library(ComplexHeatmap)

# m6A signal around peaks
Heatmap(
    signal_matrix,
    name = 'm6A signal',
    cluster_rows = TRUE,
    show_row_names = FALSE
)

Related Skills

  • epitranscriptomics/m6a-peak-calling - Generate peaks for visualization
  • data-visualization/genome-tracks - IGV, UCSC integration
  • chip-seq/chipseq-visualization - Similar techniques

Didn't find tool you were looking for?

Be as detailed as possible for better results