How do I mark a sequence as circular or linear?
Go Back Sequences have an attribute that marks them as circular or linear. If this feature is defined in the original GenBank file imported into the Workbench, the information is retained. This information will be shown when you open your sequence in text view (see the screen shot below). If this attribute is not part of the sequence metadata on import, then the sequence will be considered as linear.
Marking sequence as circular or linear from the table viewIf you have a list of sequences for which you wish to mark one or all sequences as circular or linear, then it can be done in the following way:
Marking sequences as circular or linear from the sequence viewIf you have a single sequence object or an individual sequence in a sequence list, that you wish to mark as circular or linear, then it can be done in the following way:
What to do if I have a sequence track?Only stand-alone sequence can be marked as circular or linear. Hence, to mark the mitochondrial chromosome as circular in a genome sequence track, please convert to a stand-alone sequence or sequence list, follow the steps outlined above, and then convert the final objects back to track format. Conversions to and from tracks can be done using the tools in the Genomics Workbench under: Toolbox | Track Tools | Track Conversion |