RNAbrowse

RNAbrowse manages, queries, and visualizes RNA-Seq de novo transcriptome analysis results using a biomart-based data framework.


Key Features:

  • Biomart-Based Data Integration: Implements biomart technology to store, query, and manage transcriptome datasets including contig sequences, expression quantification, functional annotations, and variation discovery results.
  • Hierarchical Data Visualization: Provides multi-level exploration of transcriptome data from global graphical summaries to detailed gene- and contig-level information.

Scientific Applications:

  • Transcriptome and Functional Genomics Analysis: Supports gene expression profiling, functional annotation analysis, and genetic variation discovery from RNA-Seq de novo assemblies.

Methodology:

RNABrowse structures RNA-Seq de novo outputs within a biomart database schema, enabling structured querying and hierarchical visualization of contigs, expression metrics, functional annotations, and sequence variation data.

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Details

Tool Type:
command-line tool, web application
Operating Systems:
Linux, Mac
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
8/3/2017
Last Updated:
12/10/2018

Operations

Publications

Mariette J, et al. RNAbrowse: RNA-Seq de novo assembly results browser. PLoS One. 2014; 9:e96821. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096821

PMID: 24823498

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