Computational and analytical framework for small RNA profiling by high-throughput sequencing

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 992-1002

  Fahlgren, Noah ^a   Sullivan, Christopher M ^a   Kasschau, Kristin D ^a,b   Chapman, Elisabeth J ^a   Cumbie, Jason S ^a   Montgomery, Taiowa A ^a   Gilbert, Sunny D ^a   Dasenko, Mark ^a   Backman, Tyler W H ^a   Givan, Scott A ^a   Carrington, James C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CASHX; Oligoribonucleotide standards; SAM seq; Sequencing by synthesis; Small rNA; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 65349094759     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1473809     Document Type: Article

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