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cutadapt

cutadapt

Cutadapt is a tool for quality control of high-throughput sequencing reads. The functions include an adapter, primer, and poly-A tail removal.

Topic

Sequencing; Quality affairs; Sequence analysis

Details

  • Operation: Sequence trimming
  • Input: FASTQ
  • Output: FASTQ
  • Software interface: Command-line user interface
  • Language: Python
  • Operating system: Linux; Mac OS X; Microsoft Windows
  • License: The MIT License
  • Cost: Free
  • Version name: 2.7
  • Maturity: Mature
  • Credit: Mercator Research Center Ruhr, Germany
  • Contact: Marcel Martin marcel.martin _at_ tu-dortmund.de | Marcel Martin marcel.martin _at_ scilifelab.se
  • Collection: -

Publications

Marcel Martin "Cutadapt removes adapter sequences from high-throughput sequencing reads" EMBnet.journal, [S.l.], v. 17, n. 1, p. pp. 10-12, may 2011. ISSN 2226-6089. https://doi.org/10.14806/ej.17.1.200


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