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Characterization of transcription start sites of putative non-coding RNAs by multifaceted use of massively paralleled sequencer.

ABSTRACT: On the basis of integrated transcriptome analysis, we show that not all transcriptional start site clusters (TSCs) in the intergenic regions (iTSCs) have the same properties; thus, it is possible to discriminate the iTSCs that are likely to have biological relevance from the other noise-level iTSCs. We used a total of 251,933,381 short-read sequence tags generated from various types of transcriptome analyses in order to characterize 6039 iTSCs, which have significant expression levels. We analyzed and found that 23% of these iTSCs were located in the proximal regions of the RefSeq genes. These RefSeq-linked iTSCs showed similar expression patterns with the neighboring RefSeq genes, had widely fluctuating transcription start sites and lacked ordered nucleosome positioning. These iTSCs seemed not to form independent transcriptional units, simply representing the by-products of the neighboring RefSeq genes, in spite of their significant expression levels. Similar features were also observed for the TSCs located in the antisense regions of the RefSeq genes. Furthermore, for the remaining iTSCs that were not associated with any RefSeq genes, we demonstrate that integrative interpretation of the transcriptome data provides essential information to specify their biological functions in the hypoxic responses of the cells.

SUBMITTER: Sathira N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2885271 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Characterization of transcription start sites of putative non-coding RNAs by multifaceted use of massively paralleled sequencer.

Sathira Nuankanya N Yamashita Riu R Tanimoto Kousuke K Kanai Akinori A Arauchi Takako T Kanematsu Soutaro S Nakai Kenta K Suzuki Yutaka Y Sugano Sumio S

DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes 20100417 3

On the basis of integrated transcriptome analysis, we show that not all transcriptional start site clusters (TSCs) in the intergenic regions (iTSCs) have the same properties; thus, it is possible to discriminate the iTSCs that are likely to have biological relevance from the other noise-level iTSCs. We used a total of 251,933,381 short-read sequence tags generated from various types of transcriptome analyses in order to characterize 6039 iTSCs, which have significant expression levels. We analyz ...[more]

PMID: 20400770

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Characterization of transcription start sites of putative non-coding RNAs by multifaceted use of massively paralleled sequencer.

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Characterization of transcription start sites of putative non-coding RNAs by multifaceted use of massively paralleled sequencer.

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