BigWig and BigBed: enabling browsing of large distributed datasets.

ABSTRACT:

Summary

BigWig and BigBed files are compressed binary indexed files containing data at several resolutions that allow the high-performance display of next-generation sequencing experiment results in the UCSC Genome Browser. The visualization is implemented using a multi-layered software approach that takes advantage of specific capabilities of web-based protocols and Linux and UNIX operating systems files, R trees and various indexing and compression tricks. As a result, only the data needed to support the current browser view is transmitted rather than the entire file, enabling fast remote access to large distributed data sets.

Availability and implementation

Binaries for the BigWig and BigBed creation and parsing utilities may be downloaded at http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.ed

SUBMITTER: Kent WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2922891 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature