What is op.tf.ass format when I am trying to download a list of transcription factors?

Question

[Za]

Hi,

In this address http://www.transcriptionfactor.org/index.cgi?Download whatever I am trying to download a list of transcription factors, I just download something like op.tf.ass, how I can download a list of transcription factors from here please?

Answer 1

[GenoMax]

No worries. Those files are just compressed text.

zmore xl.tf.ass.gz

# generated by (TF) get_hit_files.pl DBD2 xl xl
0039808 gi|1655903|gb|AAD03481| 117-214 46785
PF00250 gi|1655903|gb|AAD03481| 119-214 Fork_head
PF03299 gi|84105502|gb|AAI11479|        205-412 TF_AP-2
PF00170 gi|148232509|ref|NP_001080072|  264-324 bZIP_1
PF02173 gi|148232509|ref|NP_001080072|  96-136  pKID
0045348 gi|2738490|gb|AAC60376| 82-141  46689
PF00046 gi|2738490|gb|AAC60376| 84-140  Homeobox
0039808 gi|114107898|gb|AAI23273|       92-189  46785
PF00250 gi|114107898|gb|AAI23273|       94-189  Fork_head
0040485 gi|632502|gb|AAA92684|  278-343 46689
0036752 gi|632502|gb|AAA92684|  186-260 47413
PF00046 gi|632502|gb|AAA92684|  279-335 Homeobox
PF00157 gi|632502|gb|AAA92684|  186-260 Pou
0041437 gi|2995458|gb|CAB08267| 79-144  47459
PF00010 gi|2995458|gb|CAB08267| 81-133  HLH
0041290 gi|65142|gb|CAA35252|   16-25,166-416   48508

[Za]

Sorry how I can open them? I did not figure out

[GenoMax]

You just need to gunzip the files. They are text.

[Za]

Sorry I am in mac, when I am right clicking on the file to option for unzipping or so on just open with VLC

[GenoMax]

When you download the file your Mac should offer you the option of opening the file with Archive utility. Doing that should uncompresses the file automatically. If that does not happen, right click on the saved .gz file and choose Open with --> Archive utility.

[Za]

Thank you but what I am downloading does not have .gz suffix rather only op.tf.ass

[GenoMax]

Then the file has already been decompressed. You can view it in a text editor or do whatever you need to do with it.