deepBlockAlign: a tool for aligning RNA-seq profiles of read block patterns

deepBlockAlign is a tool for the alignment of two RNA-seq read patterns. The analysis starts from closely spaced blocks of
mapped reads, which we call block groups. The comparison of two block groups is done in two stages. deepBlockAlign introduces a two-step approach to align RNA-seq read patterns with the aim of quickly identifying RNAs that share similar processing footprints. Overlapping mapped reads are first merged to blocks and then closely spaced blocks are combined to blockgroups, each representing a locus of expression. In order to compare block groups, the constituent blocks are first compared using a modified sequence alignment algorithm to determine similarity scores for pairs of blocks. In the second stage, blockpatterns are compared by means of a modified Sankoff algorithm that takes both block similarities and similarities of pattern of distances within the block groups into account. Hierarchical clustering of block groups clearly separates most miRNA and tRNA, and also identifies about a dozen tRNAs clustering together with miRNA. Most of these putative Dicer-processed tRNAs, including eight cases reported to generate products with miRNA-like features in literature, exhibit read blocks distinguished by precise start position of reads.

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http://rth.dk/resources/dba/

 

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