Format
GTF
Gene annotation with gene, transcript and exon features and a key-value attribute column; the format STAR, featureCounts and Cell Ranger expect.
Extensions: .gtf, .gtf.gz · Coordinates: 1-based-closed · Specification
From GTF
- How to Convert GTF to BED (and Keep Your Coordinates Right)
gtf2bed subtracts one from the start coordinate for you; a naive awk one-liner won't, and that gap costs you a silent off-by-one bug three steps downstream.
To GTF
No conversions to this format yet.