Gene transfer format

{{Short description|File format for genomic features}}

The Gene transfer format (GTF) is a file format used to hold information about gene structure. It is a tab-delimited text format based on the general feature format (GFF), but contains some additional conventions specific to gene information. A significant feature of the GTF that can be validated: given a sequence and a GTF file, one can check that the format is correct. This significantly reduces problems with the interchange of data between groups.

GTF is identical to GFF, version 2.[https://www.ensembl.org/info/website/upload/gff.html GFF/GTF info], from Ensembl