FLUTE usage

  1. To filter interactions, run “run_FLUTE.py”. You must have Python3 installed.

  2. The script takes several parameters:

    1. MySQL username

    2. MySQL password

    3. Host name - “localhost” for MacOSX, desktop name for Windows

    4. Database name (see step 3 from FLUTE DB installation instructions)

    5. Input filename

    6. Output filename for interactions

    7. Output filename for scores

  3. Input files must have the following headers:

    RegulatedName

    RegulatedID

    RegulatedType

    RegulatorName

    RegulatorID

    RegulatorType

    PaperID

  4. Output files include list of reading interactions that pass filtration, and the filtration scores for those filtered interactions.