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ArticleNature communications2023

Reference-free assembly of long-read transcriptome sequencing data with RNA-Bloom2.

Ka Ming Nip, Saber Hafezqorani, Kristina K Gagalova, Readman Chiu, Chen Yang, René L Warren, Inanc Birol

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ka Ming NipCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada. kmnip@bcgsc.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-1574-3363
Saber HafezqoraniCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0553-9227
Kristina K GagalovaCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5975-0805
Readman ChiuCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2215-5535
Chen YangCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5144-7748
René L WarrenCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9890-2293
Inanc BirolCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada. ibirol@bcgsc.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-0950-7839
University of British Columbia · CACanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre · CA

Funding

De Novo Assembly Tools: Research with Unbiased Engines - Renewal (DNA-TRUER)R01HG007182 · NHGRI · PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY · PI BIROL, INANC · 2014 to 2022
$1.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG007182
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-read sequencing technologies have improved significantly since their emergence. Their read lengths, potentially spanning entire transcripts, is advantageous for reconstructing transcriptomes. Existing long-read transcriptome assembly methods are primarily reference-based and to date, there is little focus on reference-free transcriptome assembly. We introduce "RNA-Bloom2 [ https://github.com/bcgsc/RNA-Bloom ]", a reference-free assembly method for long-read transcriptome sequencing data. Using simulated datasets and spike-in control data, we show that the transcriptome assembly quality of RNA-Bloom2 is competitive to those of reference-based methods. Furthermore, we find that RNA-Bloom2 requires 27.0 to 80.6% of the peak memory and 3.6 to 10.8% of the total wall-clock runtime of a competing reference-free method. Finally, we showcase RNA-Bloom2 in assembling a transcriptome sample of Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). Since our method does not rely on a reference, it further sets the groundwork for large-scale comparative transcriptomics where high-quality draft genome assemblies are not readily available.

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RNATranscriptomeGene Expression ProfilingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingSequence Analysis, RNARNA

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PMID37217540
PMCPMC10202958
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