Although RNA-Seq data provide unprecedented isoform-level expression information, detection of alternative isoform regulation (AIR) remains difficult, particularly when working with an incomplete transcript annotation. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute introduce JunctionSeq, a new method that builds on the ...
Read More »LEMONS – A Tool for the Identification of Splice Junctions in Transcriptomes of Organisms Lacking Reference Genomes
RNA-seq is becoming a preferred tool for genomics studies of model and non-model organisms. However, DNA-based analysis of organisms lacking sequenced genomes cannot rely on RNA-seq data alone to isolate most genes of interest, as DNA codes both exons and ...
Read More »SNPlice – identify cis-acting, splice-modulating variants from RNA-seq datasets
The growing recognition of the importance of splicing in eukaryotes, together with rapidly accumulating RNA-sequencing data, demand robust high-throughput approaches, which efficiently analyze experimentally derived whole-transcriptome splice profiles. Researchers from The George Washington University have developed a computational approach, called ...
Read More »Next Gen Sequencing or Microarray: How to Make the Choice
from BitsizeBio by Kristin Harper You’re about to start that big project you’ve been dreaming of for years. You’ve identified a potential miracle compound and want to figure out how it affects gene expression. But how are you going to ...
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