A practical, bioinformatic workflow system for large data sets generated by next-generation sequencing.

Abstract:

:Transcriptomics (at the level of single cells, tissues and/or whole organisms) underpins many fields of biomedical science, from understanding the basic cellular function in model organisms, to the elucidation of the biological events that govern the development and progression of human diseases, and the exploration of the mechanisms of survival, drug-resistance and virulence of pathogens. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are contributing to a massive expansion of transcriptomics in all fields and are reducing the cost, time and performance barriers presented by conventional approaches. However, bioinformatic tools for the analysis of the sequence data sets produced by these technologies can be daunting to researchers with limited or no expertise in bioinformatics. Here, we constructed a semi-automated, bioinformatic workflow system, and critically evaluated it for the analysis and annotation of large-scale sequence data sets generated by NGS. We demonstrated its utility for the exploration of differences in the transcriptomes among various stages and both sexes of an economically important parasitic worm (Oesophagostomum dentatum) as well as the prediction and prioritization of essential molecules (including GTPases, protein kinases and phosphatases) as novel drug target candidates. This workflow system provides a practical tool for the assembly, annotation and analysis of NGS data sets, also to researchers with a limited bioinformatic expertise. The custom-written Perl, Python and Unix shell computer scripts used can be readily modified or adapted to suit many different applications. This system is now utilized routinely for the analysis of data sets from pathogens of major socio-economic importance and can, in principle, be applied to transcriptomics data sets from any organism.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Cantacessi C,Jex AR,Hall RS,Young ND,Campbell BE,Joachim A,Nolan MJ,Abubucker S,Sternberg PW,Ranganathan S,Mitreva M,Gasser RB

doi

10.1093/nar/gkq667

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-09-01 00:00:00

pages

e171

issue

17

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

pii

gkq667

journal_volume

38

pub_type

杂志文章
  • dUTPs conjugated with zwitterionic Cy3 or Cy5 fluorophore analogues are effective substrates for DNA amplification and labelling by Taq polymerase.

    abstract::To develop structural modifications of dNTPs that are compatible with Taq DNA polymerase activity, we synthesized eight dUTP derivatives conjugated with Cy3 or Cy5 dye analogues that differed in charge and charge distribution throughout the fluorophore. These dUTP derivatives and commercial Cy3- and Cy5-dUTP were stud...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gky247

    authors: Zasedateleva OA,Vasiliskov VA,Surzhikov SA,Kuznetsova VE,Shershov VE,Guseinov TO,Smirnov IP,Yurasov RA,Spitsyn MA,Chudinov AV

    更新日期:2018-07-06 00:00:00

  • A circular dichroism study of the structure of Penicillium chrysogenum mycovirus.

    abstract::We have examined the absorption and circular dichroism spectra of intact Penicillium chrysogenum virus, empty capsid particles, and isolated double-stranded RNA. The absorbance at 260 nm of intact virus was less than 4% hypochromic relative to the absorbances of the free double-stranded RNA and free viral protein, ind...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/11.1.175

    authors: Edmondson SP,Gray DM

    更新日期:1983-01-11 00:00:00

  • Roles of cis-acting elements and chromatin structure in Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase gene expression.

    abstract::The alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene of D. melanogaster is transcribed from two different promoters during fly development: the distal (adult) and the proximal (embryonic-larval). Certain aspects of Adh gene regulation are represented in Drosophila continuous cell lines. We have used Drosophila tissue culture cells in...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/15.19.7903

    authors: Benyajati C,Ayer S,McKeon J,Ewel A,Huang J

    更新日期:1987-10-12 00:00:00

  • Cell cycle-dependent changes in conformation and composition of nucleosomes containing human histone gene sequences.

    abstract::Unfolding of the nucleosomes in transcriptionally active chromatin uncovers the sulfhydryl groups of histone H3 and permits the selective recovery of the unfolded nucleosomes by mercury-affinity chromatography. This new technique has been used to compare the nucleosomal proteins and their postsynthetic modifications i...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/15.11.4375

    authors: Sterner R,Boffa LC,Chen TA,Allfrey VG

    更新日期:1987-06-11 00:00:00

  • Strandedness of newly synthesized short pieces of polyoma DNA from isolated nuclei.

    abstract::The discontinuous synthesis of the complementary strands of polyoma DNA in isolated nuclei has been studied by hybridization techniques. The relative amounts of the newly synthesized complementary strands were compared by separately annealing them to denatured HpaII restriction fragments. In every case an excess (1.4-...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/4.5.1449

    authors: Flory PJ Jr

    更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00

  • TIGRFAMs and Genome Properties: tools for the assignment of molecular function and biological process in prokaryotic genomes.

    abstract::TIGRFAMs is a collection of protein family definitions built to aid in high-throughput annotation of specific protein functions. Each family is based on a hidden Markov model (HMM), where both cutoff scores and membership in the seed alignment are chosen so that the HMMs can classify numerous proteins according to the...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkl1043

    authors: Selengut JD,Haft DH,Davidsen T,Ganapathy A,Gwinn-Giglio M,Nelson WC,Richter AR,White O

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Nucleotide sequences of the retroviral long terminal repeats and their adjacent regions.

    abstract::The nucleotide sequences of the LTRs and their adjacent regions from 19 type C and one type B retrovirus were compared. Salient features are: (a) The R regions in the genomes of most of the type C retroviruses begin with GC and end with CA. (b) The mammalian type C retroviruses have a polyadenylation signal "AATAAA" i...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/12.4.1767

    authors: Chen HR,Barker WC

    更新日期:1984-02-24 00:00:00

  • Structural classification of zinc fingers: survey and summary.

    abstract::Zinc fingers are small protein domains in which zinc plays a structural role contributing to the stability of the domain. Zinc fingers are structurally diverse and are present among proteins that perform a broad range of functions in various cellular processes, such as replication and repair, transcription and transla...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkg161

    authors: Krishna SS,Majumdar I,Grishin NV

    更新日期:2003-01-15 00:00:00

  • DNA intercalation without flipping in the specific ThaI-DNA complex.

    abstract::The PD-(D/E)XK type II restriction endonuclease ThaI cuts the target sequence CG/CG with blunt ends. Here, we report the 1.3 Å resolution structure of the enzyme in complex with substrate DNA and a sodium or calcium ion taking the place of a catalytic magnesium ion. The structure identifies Glu54, Asp82 and Lys93 as t...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkq834

    authors: Firczuk M,Wojciechowski M,Czapinska H,Bochtler M

    更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00

  • Functional interplay between NTP leaving group and base pair recognition during RNA polymerase II nucleotide incorporation revealed by methylene substitution.

    abstract::RNA polymerase II (pol II) utilizes a complex interaction network to select and incorporate correct nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) substrates with high efficiency and fidelity. Our previous 'synthetic nucleic acid substitution' strategy has been successfully applied in dissecting the function of nucleic acid moieties i...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkw220

    authors: Hwang CS,Xu L,Wang W,Ulrich S,Zhang L,Chong J,Shin JH,Huang X,Kool ET,McKenna CE,Wang D

    更新日期:2016-05-05 00:00:00

  • Epigenetic control of a VDR-governed feed-forward loop that regulates p21(waf1/cip1) expression and function in non-malignant prostate cells.

    abstract::In non-malignant RWPE-1 prostate epithelial cells signaling by the nuclear receptor Vitamin D Receptor (VDR, NR1I1) induces cell cycle arrest through targets including CDKN1A (encodes p21((waf1/cip1))). VDR dynamically induced individual histone modification patterns at three VDR binding sites (R1, 2, 3) on the CDKN1A...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkq875

    authors: Thorne JL,Maguire O,Doig CL,Battaglia S,Fehr L,Sucheston LE,Heinaniemi M,O'Neill LP,McCabe CJ,Turner BM,Carlberg C,Campbell MJ

    更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00

  • Stable RNA synthesis and its control in Mycoplasma capricolum.

    abstract::The synthesis of stable RNA in Mycoplasma capricolum was studied by [32P] labeling of cellular RNA of cells grown in a partially-defined medium in the presence or absence of an amino acid mixture supplement. The results indicate that M. capricolum employs the same stringent control mechanism used by E. coli cells, as ...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/9.15.3641

    authors: Glaser G,Razin A,Razin S

    更新日期:1981-08-11 00:00:00

  • Phosphorylation of human oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (alpha-OGG1) modulates its function.

    abstract::Oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) initiates the repair of 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG), a major oxidative DNA base modification that has been directly implicated in cancer and aging. OGG1 functions in the base excision repair pathway, for which a molecular hand-off mechanism has been proposed. To date, only one functional an...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gki636

    authors: Hu J,Imam SZ,Hashiguchi K,de Souza-Pinto NC,Bohr VA

    更新日期:2005-06-07 00:00:00

  • RB signaling prevents replication-dependent DNA double-strand breaks following genotoxic insult.

    abstract::Cell cycle checkpoints induced by DNA damage play an integral role in preservation of genomic stability by allowing cells to limit the propagation of deleterious mutations. The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor (RB) is crucial for the maintenance of the DNA damage checkpoint function because it elicits cell cycle arrest...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkg919

    authors: Bosco EE,Mayhew CN,Hennigan RF,Sage J,Jacks T,Knudsen ES

    更新日期:2004-01-02 00:00:00

  • Low rate of replication fork progression lengthens the replication timing of a locus containing an early firing origin.

    abstract::Invariance of temporal order of genome replication in eukaryotic cells and its correlation with gene activity has been well-documented. However, recent data suggest a relax control of replication timing. To evaluate replication schedule accuracy, we detailed the replicational organization of the developmentally regula...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkm586

    authors: Bénard M,Maric C,Pierron G

    更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00

  • Nucleotide sequence and corresponding amino acid sequence of the gene for the major antigen of foot and mouth disease virus.

    abstract::A segment of 1160 nucleotides of the FMDV genome has been sequenced using three overlapping fragments of cloned cDNA from FMDV strain O1K. This sequence contains the coding sequence for the viral capsid protein VP1 as shown by its homology to known and newly determined amino acid sequences from this man antigenic poly...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/9.8.1919

    authors: Kurz C,Forss S,Küpper H,Strohmaier K,Schaller H

    更新日期:1981-04-24 00:00:00

  • Biochemical and electron microscope analyses of the DNA reverse transcripts present in the virus-like particles of the yeast transposon Ty1. Identification of a second origin of Ty1DNA plus strand synthesis.

    abstract::Transposition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty1 retroelements has been shown to involve reverse transcription in intracytoplasmic virus-like particles (Ty-VLPs). Ty DNA present in the particles specified by Ty1-H3 element was found to consist of the full-length genomic DNA as well as incomplete cDNAs mainly of plus pola...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/21.15.3513

    authors: Pochart P,Agoutin B,Rousset S,Chanet R,Doroszkiewicz V,Heyman T

    更新日期:1993-07-25 00:00:00

  • The cellular mismatch repair system is able to repair mismatches within MLV retroviral double-stranded DNA at a low frequency.

    abstract::Eukaryotic cells possess several distinct mismatch repair pathways. A mismatch can be introduced in retroviral double-stranded DNA by a pre-existing mutation within the primer binding site (PBS) of the viral RNA genome. In order to evaluate mismatch repair of retroviral double-stranded DNA, Moloney leukemia virus (MLV...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/28.12.2302

    authors: Tang LY,Zhang J

    更新日期:2000-06-15 00:00:00

  • A double helix B-type geometry based on high-resolution proton NMR of single-helical DNA fragments: d(TA)5 x d(TA)5.

    abstract::A single-helical B-type geometry is presented based on 1H NMR observations on d(TATA) and several other small single-helical DNA fragments. The structure is extended to one complete turn of double-helical DNA and its characteristics are compared with other known B-type structures. ...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/11.9.2893

    authors: Mellema JR,van Kampen PN,Carlson CN,Bosshard HE,Altona C

    更新日期:1983-05-11 00:00:00

  • A conjugation-specific gene (cnjC) from Tetrahymena encodes a protein homologous to yeast RNA polymerase subunits (RPB3, RPC40) and similar to a portion of the prokaryotic RNA polymerase alpha subunit (rpoA).

    abstract::The cnjC gene from the protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila was completely sequenced. The deduced gene product was found to have significant sequence similarity to the yeast and prokaryotic RNA polymerase subunits involved with subunit assembly. Since cnjC is active only during the sexual stage (conjugation) of Tetrahyme...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/18.10.2953

    authors: Martindale DW

    更新日期:1990-05-25 00:00:00

  • The incidence and distribution of CpG----TpG transitions in the coagulation factor IX gene. A fresh look at CpG mutational hotspots.

    abstract::The mutations of 76 haemophilia B patients representing the whole population registered with the Malmö haemophilia centre (42) and referrals from the UK, were characterised. RFLP haplotype analysis of the defective genes indicated that 51 single base pair substitutions were definitely of independent origin and 27 of t...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/18.11.3227

    authors: Green PM,Montandon AJ,Bentley DR,Ljung R,Nilsson IM,Giannelli F

    更新日期:1990-06-11 00:00:00

  • Conditional degradation of SDE2 by the Arg/N-End rule pathway regulates stress response at replication forks.

    abstract::Multiple pathways counteract DNA replication stress to prevent genomic instability and tumorigenesis. The recently identified human SDE2 is a genome surveillance protein regulated by PCNA, a DNA clamp and processivity factor at replication forks. Here, we show that SDE2 cleavage after its ubiquitin-like domain generat...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkz054

    authors: Rageul J,Park JJ,Jo U,Weinheimer AS,Vu TTM,Kim H

    更新日期:2019-05-07 00:00:00

  • Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

    abstract::The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides a large suite of online resources for biological information and data, including the GenBank® nucleic acid sequence database and the PubMed® database of citations and abstracts published in life science journals. The Entrez system provides search and re...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa892

    authors: Sayers EW,Beck J,Bolton EE,Bourexis D,Brister JR,Canese K,Comeau DC,Funk K,Kim S,Klimke W,Marchler-Bauer A,Landrum M,Lathrop S,Lu Z,Madden TL,O'Leary N,Phan L,Rangwala SH,Schneider VA,Skripchenko Y,Wang J,Ye J,

    更新日期:2021-01-08 00:00:00

  • ClpXP protease targets long-lived DNA translocation states of a helicase-like motor to cause restriction alleviation.

    abstract::We investigated how Escherichia coli ClpXP targets the helicase-nuclease (HsdR) subunit of the bacterial Type I restriction-modification enzyme EcoKI during restriction alleviation (RA). RA is a temporary reduction in endonuclease activity that occurs when Type I enzymes bind unmodified recognition sites on the host g...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gku851

    authors: Simons M,Diffin FM,Szczelkun MD

    更新日期:2014-10-29 00:00:00

  • YASS: enhancing the sensitivity of DNA similarity search.

    abstract::YASS is a DNA local alignment tool based on an efficient and sensitive filtering algorithm. It applies transition-constrained seeds to specify the most probable conserved motifs between homologous sequences, combined with a flexible hit criterion used to identify groups of seeds that are likely to exhibit significant ...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gki478

    authors: Noé L,Kucherov G

    更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00

  • Predicting the functional impact of protein mutations: application to cancer genomics.

    abstract::As large-scale re-sequencing of genomes reveals many protein mutations, especially in human cancer tissues, prediction of their likely functional impact becomes important practical goal. Here, we introduce a new functional impact score (FIS) for amino acid residue changes using evolutionary conservation patterns. The ...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkr407

    authors: Reva B,Antipin Y,Sander C

    更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00

  • Oligonucleotide mapping: evaluation of its sensitivity by computer-simulation.

    abstract::A frequently used method of comparing large RNA molecules employs the two-dimensional display of oligonucleotides generated through the action of specific RNases (oligonucleotide mapping, fingerprinting). Using computer simulations and simple analytic expressions the number of large RNase T1-resistant oligonucleotides...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/10.1.237

    authors: Aaronson RP,Young JF,Palese P

    更新日期:1982-01-11 00:00:00

  • A simple and efficient method for PCR amplifiable DNA extraction from ancient bones.

    abstract::A simple and effective modified ethanol precipitation-based protocol is described for the preparation of DNA from ancient human bones. This method is fast and requires neither hazardous chemicals nor special devices. After the powdering and incubating of the bone samples Dextran Blue was added as a carrier for removin...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/28.12.e67

    authors: Kalmár T,Bachrati CZ,Marcsik A,Raskó I

    更新日期:2000-06-15 00:00:00

  • Helicobacter pylori DprA alleviates restriction barrier for incoming DNA.

    abstract::Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes human stomach and causes gastric inflammation. The species is naturally competent and displays remarkable diversity. The presence of a large number of restriction-modification (R-M) systems in this bacterium creates a barrier against natural transformatio...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkt024

    authors: Dwivedi GR,Sharma E,Rao DN

    更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00

  • Pol5 is required for recycling of small subunit biogenesis factors and for formation of the peptide exit tunnel of the large ribosomal subunit.

    abstract::More than 200 assembly factors (AFs) are required for the production of ribosomes in yeast. The stepwise association and dissociation of these AFs with the pre-ribosomal subunits occurs in a hierarchical manner to ensure correct maturation of the pre-rRNAs and assembly of the ribosomal proteins. Although decades of re...

    journal_title:Nucleic acids research

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkz1079

    authors: Braun CM,Hackert P,Schmid CE,Bohnsack MT,Bohnsack KE,Perez-Fernandez J

    更新日期:2020-01-10 00:00:00