Introduction
This document describes the output produced by the pooled screens analysis of the pipeline.
The directories listed below will be created in the results directory after the pipeline has finished. All paths are relative to the top-level results directory.
Pipeline overview
The pipeline is built using Nextflow and processes data using the following steps:
- Preprocessing
- Mapping - bowtie2 aligned reads
- Counting
- MAGeCK count - Mapping reads to reference library
- CNV correction)
- CRISPRcleanR - Copy Number Variation correction and read normalization in case of knock-out screens.
- Gene essentiality
- MAGeCK rra - modified robust ranking aggregation (RRA) algorithm
- MAGeCK mle - maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) for robust identification of CRISPR-screen hits
- BAGEL2 - Bayes Factor to identify essential genes
- MAGeCKFlute - graphics to visualise MAGECK MLE output
- DrugZ - Identifying chemogenetic interactions from CRISPR screens
- Hitselection - Identifying tresholds on KO screens on Homo Sapiens
- MultiQC - Aggregate report describing results and QC from the whole pipeline
- Pipeline information - Report metrics generated during the workflow execution
Preprocessing
FastQC
Output files
fastqc/*_fastqc.html: FastQC report containing quality metrics.*_fastqc.zip: Zip archive containing the FastQC report, tab-delimited data file and plot images.
FastQC gives general quality metrics about your sequenced reads. It provides information about the quality score distribution across your reads, per base sequence content (%A/T/G/C), adapter contamination and overrepresented sequences. For further reading and documentation see the FastQC help pages.
cutadapt
Output files
cutadapt/*.log: log file of the command ran and the output*.trim.fastq.gz: trimmed fastq files
cutadapt. Cutadapt finds and removes adapter sequences, primers, poly-A tails and other types of unwanted sequence from your high-throughput sequencing reads. MAGeCK count normally automatically detects adapter sequences and trims, however if trimming lengths are different, cutadapt can be used, as mentioned here. For further reading and documentation see the cutadapt helper page.
Alignment
Output files
bowtie2/*.log: log file of the command ran and the output*.bam: bam file*.bowtie2: index from bowtie2 from the provided fasta file
Counting
MAGeCK count
Output files
mageck/count*_count.txt: read counts per sample per sgRNA and gene, tab separated*_count_normalized.txt: normalized read counts, tab separated*_count_summary.txt: tab separated summary of the quality controls of the count table*_count_table.log: log information of the run
CNV correction
CRISPRcleanR normalization
Output files
CRISPRcleanR/normalization*_norm_table.tsv: read counts normalized with crisprcleanr*.RData: RData tables containing corrected counts, fold changes and normalized counts
Gene essentiality computation
MAGeCK mle
Output files
mageck/mle*_gene_summary.txt: ranked table of the genes and their associated p-values*_sgrna_summary.txt: sgRNA ranking results, tab separated file*.log: log of the run
MAGeCK rra
Output files
mageck/rra*_gene_summary.txt: ranked table of the genes and their associated p-values*_count_sgrna_summary.txt: sgRNA ranking results, tab separated file containing means, p-values*.report.Rmd: markdown report recapping essential genes*_count_table.log: log of the run*_scatterview.png: scatter view of the targeted genes in the library and their logFC*_rank.png: rank view of the targeted genes in the library
MAGeCK is a computational tool to identify important genes from CRISPR-Cas9 screens.
BAGEL2
Output files
bagel2/fold_change*.foldchange: foldchange between the reference and treatment contrast provided
bagel2/bayes_factor*.bf: bayes factor per gene
bagel2/precision_recall*.pr: precision recall per gene
bagel2/graphsbarplot*.png: barplot of the bayes factor distributionPR*.png: precision recall plot (Recall vs FDR)
bagel2 is a computational tool to identify important essential genes for CRISPR-Cas9 screening experiments.
DrugZ
Output files
drugz*.foldchange: foldchange between the reference and treatment contrast provided
drugz*.txt: z-score and associated p-value per gene
drugZ is a computational tool to identify synergistic and suppressor drug-gene interactions in CRISPR screens.
Venn diagram
Output files
venndiagram*_common_genes_bagel_mle.txt: common essential genes between BAGEL2 and MAGeCK MLE*_venn_bagel2_mageckmle.png: Venn diagram common essential genes between BAGEL2 and MAGeCK MLE. An example is shown here below
Gene essentiality functional analysis
MAGeCKFlute
FluteMLE/QC*.txt: Quality control tables*.png: Quality control plots
FluteMLE/Selection*.txt: Positive selection and negative selection.*.png: Rank and scatter view for positive and negative selection
FluteMLE/Enrichment*.txt: Enrichment analysis for positive and negative selection genes.*.png: Enrichment analysis plots for positive and negative selection genes.
FluteMLE/PathwayView*.txt: Pathway view for top enriched pathways.*.png: Pathway view for top enriched pathways.
HitSelection
HitSelection*.png: -logP value vs gene rank plot to determine the rank thresholds*.txt: Ranked -logP value and gene symbols table
MultiQC
Output files
multiqc/multiqc_report.html: a standalone HTML file that can be viewed in your web browser.multiqc_data/: directory containing parsed statistics from the different tools used in the pipeline.multiqc_plots/: directory containing static images from the report in various formats.
MultiQC is a visualization tool that generates a single HTML report summarising all samples in your project. Most of the pipeline QC results are visualised in the report and further statistics are available in the report data directory.
Results generated by MultiQC collate pipeline QC from supported tools e.g. FastQC. The pipeline has special steps which also allow the software versions to be reported in the MultiQC output for future traceability. For more information about how to use MultiQC reports, see http://multiqc.info.
Pipeline information
Output files
pipeline_info/- Reports generated by Nextflow:
execution_report.html,execution_timeline.html,execution_trace.txtandpipeline_dag.dot/pipeline_dag.svg. - Reports generated by the pipeline:
pipeline_report.html,pipeline_report.txtandsoftware_versions.yml. Thepipeline_report*files will only be present if the--email/--email_on_failparameter’s are used when running the pipeline. - Reformatted samplesheet files used as input to the pipeline:
samplesheet.valid.csv.
- Reports generated by Nextflow:
Nextflow provides excellent functionality for generating various reports relevant to the running and execution of the pipeline. This will allow you to troubleshoot errors with the running of the pipeline, and also provide you with other information such as launch commands, run times and resource usage.