text: user1852: I need a gtf annotation file. UCSC doesn't give us a proper gtf file with distinct gene_id and transcript_id. It asked us to get a genePred file to convert to gtf.
  But where can we get genePred files?
  
  user1852: It turned out that using table browser on UCSC we could download an output with all fields. That output actually contains a GenePred file but has one extra column on the left end.
  The genePred file format definition is here.
  
original_text: 1852: <p>I need a gtf annotation file. UCSC doesn't give us a proper gtf file with distinct gene_id and transcript_id. It asked us to get a genePred file to convert to gtf.</p>
  
  <p>But where can we get genePred files?</p>
   1852: <p>It turned out that using table browser on UCSC we could download an output with all fields. That output actually contains a GenePred file but has one extra column on the left end.</p>
  
  <p>The genePred file format definition is <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  