Comparison of library preparation methods reveals their impact on interpretation of metatranscriptomic data

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alberti, Adriana ^a   Belser, Caroline ^a   Engelen, Stéfan ^a   Bertrand, Laurie ^a   Orvain, Céline ^a   Brinas, Laura ^a   Cruaud, Corinne ^a   Giraut, Laurène ^a   Da Silva, Corinne ^a   Firmo, Cyril ^a   Aury, Jean Marc ^a   Wincker, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a CEA Fontenay aux Roses Bâtiment 61   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CDNA synthesis method; Gene expression; Metatranscriptomics

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METAGENOMICS; METATRANSCRIPTOMICS; NONHUMAN; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84964314385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-912     Document Type: Article

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