Computational methods for transcriptome annotation and quantification using RNA-seq

M Garber, MG Grabherr, M Guttman, C Trapnell - Nature methods, 2011 - nature.com
High-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) promises a comprehensive picture of the
transcriptome, allowing for the complete annotation and quantification of all genes and their …

[HTML][HTML] Assembly algorithms for next-generation sequencing data

JR Miller, S Koren, G Sutton - Genomics, 2010 - Elsevier
The emergence of next-generation sequencing platforms led to resurgence of research in
whole-genome shotgun assembly algorithms and software. DNA sequencing data from the …

SKESA: strategic k-mer extension for scrupulous assemblies

A Souvorov, R Agarwala, DJ Lipman - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
SKESA is a DeBruijn graph-based de-novo assembler designed for assembling reads of
microbial genomes sequenced using Illumina. Comparison with SPAdes and MegaHit …

[HTML][HTML] VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics

T Rognes, T Flouri, B Nichols, C Quince, F Mahé - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background VSEARCH is an open source and free of charge multithreaded 64-bit tool for
processing and preparing metagenomics, genomics and population genomics nucleotide …

PEAR: a fast and accurate Illumina Paired-End reAd mergeR

J Zhang, K Kobert, T Flouri, A Stamatakis - Bioinformatics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation: The Illumina paired-end sequencing technology can generate reads
from both ends of target DNA fragments, which can subsequently be merged to increase the …

FLASH: fast length adjustment of short reads to improve genome assemblies

T Magoč, SL Salzberg - Bioinformatics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Next-generation sequencing technologies generate very large numbers of short
reads. Even with very deep genome coverage, short read lengths cause problems in de …

The genome sequence of allopolyploid Brassica juncea and analysis of differential homoeolog gene expression influencing selection

J Yang, D Liu, X Wang, C Ji, F Cheng, B Liu, Z Hu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The Brassica genus encompasses three diploid and three allopolyploid genomes, but a
clear understanding of the evolution of agriculturally important traits via polyploidy is lacking …

Toward almost closed genomes with GapFiller

M Boetzer, W Pirovano - Genome biology, 2012 - Springer
De novo assembly is a commonly used application of next-generation sequencing
experiments. The ultimate goal is to puzzle millions of reads into one complete genome …

High-quality draft assemblies of mammalian genomes from massively parallel sequence data

S Gnerre, I MacCallum, D Przybylski… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Massively parallel DNA sequencing technologies are revolutionizing genomics by making it
possible to generate billions of relatively short (~ 100-base) sequence reads at very low …

Analyzing and minimizing PCR amplification bias in Illumina sequencing libraries

D Aird, MG Ross, WS Chen, M Danielsson, T Fennell… - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
Despite the ever-increasing output of Illumina sequencing data, loci with extreme base
compositions are often under-represented or absent. To evaluate sources of base …