RNA-seq: Impact of RNA degradation on transcript quantification

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gallego Romero, Irene ^a   Pai, Athma A ^a,b   Tung, Jenny ^a,c   Gilad, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

degradation; RIN; RNA; RNA degradation; RNA seq

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84903729955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-42     Document Type: Article

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