Transcriptome assembly from long-read RNA-seq alignments with StringTie2

Abstract RNA sequencing using the latest single-molecule sequencing instruments produces reads that are thousands of nucleotides long. The ability to assemble these long reads can greatly improve the sensitivity of long-read analyses. Here we present StringTie2, a reference-guided transcriptome asse...

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Main Authors: Sam Kovaka, Aleksey V. Zimin, Geo M. Pertea, Roham Razaghi, Steven L. Salzberg, Mihaela Pertea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1910-1
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Summary:Abstract RNA sequencing using the latest single-molecule sequencing instruments produces reads that are thousands of nucleotides long. The ability to assemble these long reads can greatly improve the sensitivity of long-read analyses. Here we present StringTie2, a reference-guided transcriptome assembler that works with both short and long reads. StringTie2 includes new methods to handle the high error rate of long reads and offers the ability to work with full-length super-reads assembled from short reads, which further improves the quality of short-read assemblies. StringTie2 is more accurate and faster and uses less memory than all comparable short-read and long-read analysis tools.
ISSN:1474-760X