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Convert BED to BAM

Can you convert BED to BAM?
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Is it possible to convert BED to BAM?
No - not a direct conversion.

BAM stores aligned sequencing reads; BED stores annotation regions. Conceptually different; use BED to filter/intersect BAM with bedtools intersect.

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Converting BED to BAM

A .BED file and a .BAM file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other.

A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.

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