2passtools: two-pass alignment using machine-learning-filtered splice junctions increases the accuracy of intron detection in long-read RNA sequencing

Matthew T. Parker; Katarzyna Knop; Geoffrey J. Barton; Gordon G. Simpson

doi:10.1186/s13059-021-02296-0

2passtools: two-pass alignment using machine-learning-filtered splice junctions increases the accuracy of intron detection in long-read RNA sequencing

Matthew T. Parker (Lead / Corresponding author), Katarzyna Knop, Geoffrey J. Barton, Gordon G. Simpson (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Transcription of eukaryotic genomes involves complex alternative processing of RNAs. Sequencing of full-length RNAs using long reads reveals the true complexity of processing. However, the relatively high error rates of long-read sequencing technologies can reduce the accuracy of intron identification. Here we apply alignment metrics and machine-learning-derived sequence information to filter spurious splice junctions from long read alignments and use the remaining junctions to guide realignment in a two-pass approach. This method, available in the software package 2passtools (https://github.com/bartongroup/2passtools), improves the accuracy of spliced alignment and transcriptome assembly for species both with and without existing high-quality annotations.

Original language	English
Article number	72
Number of pages	24
Journal	Genome Biology
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-021-02296-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2021

Keywords

splicing
long read sequencing
spliced alignment
RNA-seq
gene expression
transcriptome assembly
machine learning
nanopore
Splicing
Long-read sequencing
Gene expression
Transcriptome assembly
Nanopore sequencing
Machine learning
Spliced alignment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Genetics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cell Biology

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2passtools: two-pass alignment using machine-learning-filtered splice junctions increases the accuracy of intron detection in long-read RNA sequencing

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2passtools: two-pass alignment using machine-learning-filtered splice junctions increases the accuracy of intron detection in long-read RNA sequencing

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A Newly Discovered Role for mRNA Methylation in Controlling Plant Gene Expression (PLANT-RNA-MET)

Diversifying Transcription Termination Function

The Arabidopsis Epitranscriptome (Joint with University of Nottingham)

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Two-pass alignment using machine-learning-filtered splice junctions increases the accuracy of intron detection in long-read RNA sequencing

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Nanopore direct RNA sequencing of the Arabidopsis RNA exosome mutant hen2-2

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