De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

Brian J. Haas, Alexie Papanicolaou, Moran Yassour, Manfred Grabherr, Philip D. Blood, Joshua Bowden, Matthew Brian Couger, David Eccles, Bo Li, [and fourteen others]

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    Abstract

    De novo assembly of RNA-seq data enables researchers to study transcriptomes without the need for a genome sequence; this approach can be usefully applied, for instance, in research on ‘non-model organisms’ of ecological and evolutionary importance, cancer samples or the microbiome. In this protocol we describe the use of the Trinity platform for de novo transcriptome assembly from RNA-seq data in non-model organisms. We also present Trinity-supported companion utilities for downstream applications, including RSEM for transcript abundance estimation, R/Bioconductor packages for identifying differentially expressed transcripts across samples and approaches to identify protein-coding genes. In the procedure, we provide a workflow for genome-independent transcriptome analysis leveraging the Trinity platform. The software, documentation and demonstrations are freely available from http://trinityrnaseq.sourceforge.net. The run time of this protocol is highly dependent on the size and complexity of data to be analyzed. The example data set analyzed in the procedure detailed herein can be processed in less than 5 h.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1494-1512
    Number of pages19
    JournalNature Protocols
    Volume8
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • RNA
    • genes
    • genomics
    • protocols

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