0ca882d44fa40a7437a84dc68bf0c0774fc23785
markd
  Mon Nov 27 09:58:06 2023 -0800
update autoSql documentation to better describe exonFrames in genePredExt and bigGenePred

diff --git src/hg/lib/genePredExt.as src/hg/lib/genePredExt.as
index 5b9f3aa..6355fa8 100644
--- src/hg/lib/genePredExt.as
+++ src/hg/lib/genePredExt.as
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
     (
     string name;	"Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)"
     string chrom;	"Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold"
     char[1] strand;     "+ or - for strand"
     uint txStart;	"Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)"
     uint txEnd;         "Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)"
     uint cdsStart;	"Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)"
     uint cdsEnd;        "Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)"
     uint exonCount;     "Number of exons"
     uint[exonCount] exonStarts; "Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)"
     uint[exonCount] exonEnds;   "Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)"
     uint score;         "score"
     string name2;       "Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)"
     string cdsStartStat; "Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)" 
     string cdsEndStat;   "Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)"
-    int[exonCount] exonFrames; "Exon frame {0,1,2}, or -1 if no frame for exon"
+    int[exonCount] exonFrames; "Reading frame of the start of the CDS region of the exon, in the direction of transcription (0,1,2), or -1 if there is no CDS region."
     )