Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks
10.1038/nprot.2012.016
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Trapnell, C., Roberts, A., Goff, L., Pertea, G., Kim, D., Kelley, D. R., Pimentel, H., Salzberg, S. L., Rinn, J. L., & Pachter, L. (2012). Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks. Nature Protocols, 7(3), 562–578.

Authors 10
  1. Cole Trapnell (first)
  2. Adam Roberts (additional)
  3. Loyal Goff (additional)
  4. Geo Pertea (additional)
  5. Daehwan Kim (additional)
  6. David R Kelley (additional)
  7. Harold Pimentel (additional)
  8. Steven L Salzberg (additional)
  9. John L Rinn (additional)
  10. Lior Pachter (additional)
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@article{Trapnell_2012, title={Differential gene and transcript expression analysis of RNA-seq experiments with TopHat and Cufflinks}, volume={7}, ISSN={1750-2799}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2012.016}, DOI={10.1038/nprot.2012.016}, number={3}, journal={Nature Protocols}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Trapnell, Cole and Roberts, Adam and Goff, Loyal and Pertea, Geo and Kim, Daehwan and Kelley, David R and Pimentel, Harold and Salzberg, Steven L and Rinn, John L and Pachter, Lior}, year={2012}, month=mar, pages={562–578} }