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Strange Gene Ids In Tcga

Hi all,

I've downloaded RNA-seq data from TCGA, and when I look at different expression data, the ID of first few genes are strange. does anybody knows why ? 

gene
?|100130426
?|100133144
?|100134869
?|10357
?|10431
?|136542
?|155060
?|26823
?|280660
?|317712
?|340602
?|388795
tcga genomic annotation rna-seq
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updated by Ram Ram • written by jack • jack

I want to know this as well. Will find out for you.

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written by Ryan D Ryan D

What cancer type and which files specifically?

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written by Chris Miller Chris Miller

for example: sample TCGA-A6-2683-01

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written by jack • jack

I have another question.

Some of the gene_IDs has string extension as "_calculated"

What does it mean?

Example:

==> OV__bcgsc.ca__illuminahiseq_rnaseq__gene.quantification__Jul-08-2014.txt <==
Hybridization REF
gene
?|100132510_calculated
?|100134860_calculated
?|10357_calculated
?|10431_calculated

Cheers

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updated by Ram Ram • written by cankutcubuk • cankutcubuk

Please post this as a new question rather than adding it as an answer to a year old question.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

1 answer

According to the description file these should be Entrez/LocusLink gene IDs.

For instance, the first one, is LOC100130426, a hypothetical locus. This may explain why many don't have HGNC names. Check out the description in the workflow.

---snip---

File: *.trimmed.annotated.gene.quantification.txt

  • gene: This is the Entrez/LocusLink gene symbol followed by the Entrez/LocusLink gene ID.
  • raw_counts: The number of reads mapping to this gene.
  • median_length_normalized: This is the total aligned bases to all transcript models associated with this gene divided by the mean transcript length.
  • RPKM: See the DESCRIPTION.txt file in the mage-tab bunlde for information on how this is calculated.
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written by Ryan D Ryan D

Thanks for the solution Ryan, But the links that you posted are broken now. Can please update them? Since the "TCGA Data Portal is no longer operational" where can we find the mapping between TCGA gene Id to Entrez Gene IDs. To be specific I'm working with the BRCA dataset and would like to get the Entrez ID's for my corresponding TCGA IDs.

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written by Luke • Luke

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