Nat Biotechnol · 2015

StringTie enables improved reconstruction of a transcriptome from RNA-seq reads

Pertea M, Pertea GM, Antonescu CM, Chang TC, Mendell JT, Salzberg SL.

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  • Pertea M1] Center for Computational Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Pertea GM1] Center for Computational Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Antonescu CM1] Center for Computational Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Chang TC1] Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. [2] Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Mendell JT1] Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. [2] Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. [3] Simmons Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Salzberg SL1] Center for Computational Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [3] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [4] Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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