RNA-Seq workflow: Gene-level exploratory analysis and differential expression

F1000Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Love, Michael I ^a   Anders, Simon ^b,c   Kim, Vladislav ^c   Huber, Wolfgang ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioconductor; Differential expression; Gene expression; Genomics; High throughput sequencing; RNA seq; Statistical analysis; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA SEQUENCING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85091232873     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.7035.2     Document Type: Article

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