rMATS-turbo: an efficient and flexible computational tool for alternative splicing analysis of large-scale RNA-seq data

Yuanyuan Wang, Zhijie Xie, Eric Kutschera, Jenea I. Adams, Kathryn E. Kadash-Edmondson, Yi Xing

Published: 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00944-2

RNA-seq

Alternative Splicing

rMATS-turbo

Large-scale Data Analysis

Computational Workflow

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Introduction
Materials
- Equipment
- Equipment setup
Procedure 1: general two-group comparison to identify differential alternative splicing events between PC3E and GS689 cell ...
Procedure 2: fast analysis of alternative splicing in a large-scale RNA-seq dataset (CCLE) using a compute cluster
Troubleshooting
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- Procedure 1
- Procedure 2
Anticipated results
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rMATS-turbo: an efficient and flexible computational tool for alternative splicing analysis of large-scale RNA-seq data

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