Title
MicroRazerS: rapid alignment of small RNA reads.
Abstract
Motivation: Deep sequencing has become the method of choice for determining the small RNA content of a cell. Mapping the sequenced reads onto their reference genome serves as the basis for all further analyses, namely for identification and quantification. A method frequently used is Mega BLAST followed by several filtering steps, even though it is slow and inefficient for this task. Also, none of the currently available short read aligners has established itself for the particular task of small RNA mapping. Results: We present MicroRazerS, a tool optimized for mapping small RNAs onto a reference genome. It is an order of magnitude faster than Mega BLAST and comparable in speed with other short read mapping tools. In addition, it is more sensitive and easy to handle and adjust.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1093/bioinformatics/btp601
BIOINFORMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
biological sciences,algorithms
Sequence alignment,RNA,Data mining,Deep sequencing,Small RNA,Computer science,Software,Mega-,Bioinformatics,Reference genome
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
1
1367-4803
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.54
4
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anne-katrin Emde11016.06
Marcel Grunert250.54
David Weese325217.79
Knut Reinert41020105.87
Silke R Sperling550.54