Technical Variations in Low-Input RNA-seq Methodologies

ABSTRACT: Transcriptomics data obtained from limiting amounts of mRNA is often noisy, providing primarily qualitative changes in transcript expressions. So far, technical variations arising out of the library preparation protocols have not been adequately characterized at reduced levels of mRNA. Here, we generated sequencing libraries from limiting amounts of mRNA using three amplification-based methods, viz. Smart-seq, DP-seq and CEL-seq, and demonstrated significant technical variations in these libraries. Reduction in mRNA levels led to inefficient amplification of the majority of low to moderately expressed transcripts. Furthermore, stochasticity in primer hybridization and/or enzyme incorporation was magnified during the amplification step resulting in significant distortions in fold changes of

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: vipul bhargava 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-50856 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress