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SortMeRNA: fast and accurate filtering of ribosomal RNAs in metatranscriptomic data

Bioinformatics · 2012 · Vol. 28(24) · pp. 3211–3217
Evguenia KopylovaLaurent NoéHélène Touzet

Abstract

We present SortMeRNA, a new software designed to rapidly filter rRNA fragments from metatranscriptomic data. It is capable of handling large sets of reads and sorting out all fragments matching to the rRNA database with high sensitivity and low running time.

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA modifications and cancerRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRibosomal RNAComputational biologyBiologyRNACoding (social sciences)Computer scienceGeneGenetics

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AlgorithmsPhylogenyRNA, MessengerRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSoftwareSequence Analysis, RNAEcosystemGene Expression Profiling
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