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ArticleNucleic acids research2011

Whole-transcriptome RNAseq analysis from minute amount of total RNA.

Muhammad A Tariq, Hyunsung J Kim, Olufisayo Jejelowo, Nader Pourmand

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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87citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad A TariqDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Hyunsung J Kim
Olufisayo Jejelowo
Nader Pourmand
University of California, Santa Cruz · USTexas Southern University · US

Funding

WHOLE YEAST GENOME TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL GENE MAPS--A FEASIBILITY STUDYP01HG000205 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, RONALD WAYNE, HOWE, ROGER THOMAS · 1990 to 2016
$120.9M
TRANS_NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143803 · NCI · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI TLSTY, THEA D · 2009 to 2013
$14.2M
NCI NIH HHS U54CA143803NHGRI NIH HHS P01-35HG000205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA sequencing approaches to transcriptome analysis require a large amount of input total RNA to yield sufficient mRNA using either poly-A selection or depletion of rRNA. This feature makes it difficult to miniaturize transcriptome analysis for greater efficiency. To address this challenge, we devised and validated a simple procedure for the preparation of whole-transcriptome cDNA libraries from a minute amount (500 pg) of total RNA. We compared a single-sample library prepared by this Ovation RNA-Seq system with two available methods of mRNA enrichment (TruSeq poly-A enrichment and RiboMinus rRNA depletion). Using the Ovation preparation method for a set of eight mouse tissue samples, the RNA sequencing data obtained from two different next-generation sequencing platforms (SOLiD and Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx) yielded negligible rRNA reads (<3.5%) while retaining transcriptome sequencing fidelity. We further validated the Ovation amplification technique by examining the resulting library complexity, reproducibility, evenness of transcript coverage, 5' and 3' bias and platform-specific biases. Notably, in this side-by-side comparison, SOLiD sequencing chemistry is biased toward higher GC content of transcriptome and Illumina Genome analyzer IIx is biased away from neutral to lower GC content of the transcriptomics regions.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesSequence Analysis, RNAAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRNA, MessengerRNA, RibosomalTestisTranscriptomeRNA, MessengerRNA, Ribosomal

Identifiers

PMID21737426
PMCPMC3185437
OpenAlexW2171956120

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