Other scRNA prep

The DRAGEN recipe includes the recommended pipeline specific commands.

  
/opt/dragen/$VERSION/bin/dragen         #DRAGEN install path 
--ref-dir $REF_DIR                      #path to DRAGEN linear hashtable 
--output-directory $OUTPUT 
--intermediate-results-dir $PATH        #e.g. SDD /staging 
--output-file-prefix $PREFIX 
# Inputs 
# Mapper 
--enable-rna true 
--annotation-file $GTF                  #GTF or GFF3 format 
--enable-map-align true                 #required for RNA/scRNA 
--enable-map-align-output true          #optionally save the output BAM 
--enable-sort true                      #default=true 
# Single Cell 
--enable-single-cell-rna true 
--umi-source qname                      #default='qname' 
--scrna-barcode-position $BARCODE_POS 
--scrna-umi-position $UMI_POS           #see notes 
--scrna-barcode-sequence-list $PATH     #optional 
--single-cell-threshold ratio           #['fixed', 'ratio', inflection'] 
--single-cell-threshold-filterby umi    #['umi', 'read'] 

Notes and additional options

Hashtable

For DRAGEN RNA/scRNA runs, it is recommended to use the linear hashtable.

See: Product Files

Input options

DRAGEN input sources include: fastq list, fastq, bam, or cram.

FQ list Input

--fastq-list $PATH 
--fastq-list-sample-id $STRING 

FQ Input

--fastq-file1 $PATH 
--fastq-file2 $PATH 
--RGSM $STRING 
--RGID $STRING 

BAM Input

--bam-input $PATH 

CRAM Input

--cram-input $PATH 

Mapping and Aligning

Option	Description
--enable-map-align true	Optionally disable map & align (default=true).
--enable-map-align-output true	Optionally save the output BAM (default=false).

Single-cell RNA options

To change the barcode or binning index positions, use --scrna-barcode-position and --scrna-umi-position. These settings should be provided in the form <startPos>_<endPos> for each barcode. Connect multiple barcode sequence positions with a '+'.

For example, a library with the cell-barcode split into three blocks of 9 bp separated by fixed linker sequences and an 8 bp UMI would be set to: --scrna-barcode-position 0_8+21_29+43_51, and --scrna-umi-position 52_59.

The following table list some optional settings:

Option	Description
--enable-single-cell-rna true	Option to enable single-cell rna mode.
--scrna-barcode-position	See example above or refer to scRNA
--scrna-umi-position	See example above or refer to scRNA
--single-cell-threshold	Cell filtering can be set to ['fixed', 'ratio', or 'inflection'].
--scrna-barcode-sequence-list	A known barcode sequence list can be optionally provided.
--umi-source	Optionally override the default barcode/BI source, valid option inclde ['read1', 'read2', 'qname', 'fastq'].

For more details on single-cell RNA options, refer to the DRAGEN Single-Cell RNA User Guide.