How to download SRA data, and convert to FASTQ
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Installed the program followed by tutorial http://khmer-protocols.readthedocs.org/en/v0.8.4/metagenomics/1-quality.html
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Download SRA file from the web for the data. go to ncbi choose SRA at search. add keyword and search find FTP address and copy into computer by using
$ ncftp ftp://ftp-trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/sra-instant/reads/ByRun/sra/SRR/SRR492/SRR492065
- And convert SRA into FASTQ. fastq-dump –gzip SRR492065.sra Now I have SRR492065.fastq.gz