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. 2019 Jan 1;35(1):119-121.
doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty492.

htsget: a protocol for securely streaming genomic data

Jerome Kelleher  1 , Mike Lin  2 , C H Albach  3 , Ewan Birney  4 , Robert Davies  5 , Marina Gourtovaia  5 , David Glazer  3 , Cristina Y Gonzalez  4 , David K Jackson  5 , Aaron Kemp  6 , John Marshall  5   7 , Andrew Nowak  5 , Alexander Senf  4 , Jaime M Tovar-Corona  5 , Alexander Vikhorev  4 , Thomas M Keane  4 ; GA4GH Streaming Task Team
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htsget: a protocol for securely streaming genomic data

Jerome Kelleher et al. Bioinformatics. .

Abstract

Summary: Standardized interfaces for efficiently accessing high-throughput sequencing data are a fundamental requirement for large-scale genomic data sharing. We have developed htsget, a protocol for secure, efficient and reliable access to sequencing read and variation data. We demonstrate four independent client and server implementations, and the results of a comprehensive interoperability demonstration.

Availability and implementation: http://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/htsget.html.

Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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Schematic of htsget protocol
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