Measurement of mRNA abundance using RNA-seq data: RPKM measure is inconsistent among samples

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-285

  Wagner, Günter P ^a   Kin, Koryu ^a   Lynch, Vincent J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NextGen sequencing; RNA quantification; RPKM

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872033704     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-012-0162-3     Document Type: Article

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