RAP: RNA-Seq Analysis Pipeline, a new cloud-based NGS web application

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages

  D'Antonio, Mattia ^a   De Meo, Paolo D'Onorio ^a   Pallocca, Matteo ^b   Picardi, Ernesto ^c   D'Erchia, Anna Maria ^c   Calogero, Raffaele A ^d   Castrignanò, Tiziana ^a   Pesole, Graziano ^c,e  

^a CINECA   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

RNA Seq Alternative splicing transcriptome regulation workflow

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHIMERA; CLOUD COMPUTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; POLYADENYLATION; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WEB BROWSER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PROCEDURES;

HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INTERNET; POLYADENYLATION; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84962721515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-16-S6-S3     Document Type: Article

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