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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2017

Manananggal - a novel viewer for alternative splicing events.

Matthias Barann, Ralf Zimmer, Fabian Birzele

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias BarannRoche Pharma Research & Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Nonnenwald 2, 82377, Penzberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6535-0533
Ralf ZimmerPractical Informatics and Bioinformatics Group, Department of Informatics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Amalienstrasse 17, D-80333, Munich, Germany.
Fabian BirzeleRoche Pharma Research & Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstraße 124, 4052, Basel, Switzerland. fabian.birzele@roche.com.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DERoche Pharma AG (Germany) · DERoche (Switzerland) · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlternative splicing is an important cellular mechanism that can be analyzed by RNA sequencing. However, identification of splicing events in an automated fashion is error-prone. Thus, further validation is required to select reliable instances of alternative splicing events (ASEs). There are only few tools specifically designed for interactive inspection of ASEs and available visualization approaches can be significantly improved.

resultsHere, we present Manananggal, an application specifically designed for the identification of splicing events in next generation sequencing data. Manananggal includes a web application for visual inspection and a command line tool that allows for ASE detection. We compare the sashimi plots available in the IGV Viewer, the DEXSeq splicing plots and SpliceSeq to the Manananggal interface and discuss the advantages and drawbacks of these tools. We show that sashimi plots (such as those used by the IGV Viewer and SpliceSeq) offer a practical solution for simple ASEs, but also indicate short-comings for highly complex genes.

conclusionManananggal is an interactive web application that offers functions specifically tailored to the identification of alternative splicing events that other tools are lacking. The ability to select a subset of isoforms allows an easier interpretation of complex alternative splicing events. In contrast to SpliceSeq and the DEXSeq splicing plot, Manananggal does not obscure the gene structure by showing full transcript models that makes it easier to determine which isoforms are expressed and which are not.

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Alternative SplicingSoftwareComputational BiologyHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingInternetRNA IsoformsSequence Analysis, RNARNA IsoformsAlternative splicingRNASeqVisualizationWeb application

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PMID28222683
PMCPMC5319012
OpenAlexW2591439331

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