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. 2017 Aug 1;45(17):e152. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx644

Table 1. Tools, along with their respective function, presently available in the gcMapExplorer package.

Tools Function
Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)
browser To browse contact maps with genomic datasets
cmapImporter To import or convert data files compatible with gcMapExplorer
cmapNormalizer To normalize contact maps with various methods
h5Converter To convert bigwig/wig/bed file to browser compatible hdf5 format
Commands for normalization of Hi-C maps
normKR Knight-Ruiz matrix balancing
normIC Iterative-correction matrix balancing
normMCFS Median contact frequency scaling
Commands to import contact map files
coo2cmap COO sparse matrix format to ccmap or gcmap formats
homer2cmap HOMER Hi-C matrix format to ccmap or gcmap files
bc2cmap Bin-Contact files pair to ccmap or gcmap format
pairCoo2cmap Paired COO sparse matrix format to ccmap or gcmap formats
Commands to convert genomic track files
bigwig2h5 bigwig format to browser compatible hdf5 format
wig2h5 wig format to browser compatible hdf5 format
bed2h5 bed format to browser compatible hdf5 format
encode2h5 Download and convert files from ENCODE portal