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Transcript Assembly

Easily perform transcript quantification using an input fastq file.

Overview

Takes in raw transcriptome data from an RNAseq experiment in and automatically assembles and quantifies transcripts. No reference genome required!

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Features

  • Automatically assembles raw reads into valid transcripts without requiring a reference genome.
  • Automatically quantifies transcripts.
  • Automatically removes adapters and other unnecessary sequences.
  • Automatically performs quality control on read data.
  • Supports compressed fastq files.

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API Request

Access Transcript Assembly using the Neurosnap API by sending a request using any programming language with HTTP support. To safely generate an API key, visit the API tab of your overview page.

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Citations

Please cite the original work when using Transcript Assembly in publications or research outputs.

Grabherr MG, Haas BJ, Yassour M, Levin JZ, Thompson DA, Amit I, Adiconis X, Fan L, Raychowdhury R, Zeng Q, Chen Z, Mauceli E, Hacohen N, Gnirke A, Rhind N, di Palma F, Birren BW, Nusbaum C, Lindblad-Toh K, Friedman N, Regev A. Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome. Nat Biotechnol. 2011 May 15;29(7):644-52. doi: 10.1038/nbt.1883. PMID: 21572440; PMCID: PMC3571712.

Patro, R., Duggal, G., Love, M. et al. Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression. Nat Methods 14, 417–419 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4197

Bushnell B. 2014. BBMap: a fast, accurate, splice-aware aligner [Internet]. Walnut Creek (CA): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; [cited 2025 Apr 8]. Available from: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1241166

Neurosnap Inc. (2022). Neurosnap: An online platform for computational biology and chemistry. Available at: https://neurosnap.ai/

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