UMI-tools

UMI-tools is a software package to manage Unique Molecular Identifiers (UMIs). UMI-tools account for sequencing errors in UMIs for improved accuracy.

Topic

NGS;Sequence sites, features and motifs;Quality affairs

Detail

  • Operation: Sequencing quality control

  • Software interface: Command-line user interface

  • Language: Shell;Python

  • License: The MIT licence

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: 1.1.2

  • Credit: Medical Research Council (MRC) programme grant.

  • Input: -

  • Output: -

  • Contact: Ian Sudbery i.sudbery@sheffield.ac.uk

  • Collection: -

  • Maturity: Stable

Publications

  • UMI-tools: modeling sequencing errors in Unique Molecular Identifiers to improve quantification accuracy.
  • Smith T, Heger A, Sudbery I. UMI-tools: modeling sequencing errors in Unique Molecular Identifiers to improve quantification accuracy. Genome Res. 2017 Mar;27(3):491-499. doi: 10.1101/gr.209601.116. Epub 2017 Jan 18. PMID: 28100584; PMCID: PMC5340976.
  • https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.209601.116
  • PMID: 28100584
  • PMC: PMC5340976

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