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Identification of Circular RNAs using RNA Sequencing

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Published on: November 14, 2019

CircView: a visualization and exploration tool for circular RNAs.

Jing Feng¹, Yu Xiang², Siyu Xia³

¹International School of Software, Wuhan University.

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Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are key noncoding RNAs with increasing research focus. CircView is a new tool that visualizes circRNAs and their regulatory elements, aiding functional studies.

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
Genomics

Background:

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant, conserved noncoding RNAs gaining research attention.
Numerous tools exist for circRNA identification and storage, but visualization tools are lacking.
Understanding circRNA function requires effective exploration and visualization methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce CircView, a novel, user-friendly tool for visualizing and exploring circular RNAs.
To enable quantification of circRNAs across samples and comparison of detection by multiple tools.
To facilitate the examination of regulatory elements associated with circRNAs.

Main Methods:

Development of a standalone, user-friendly visualization software named CircView.
Integration of circRNA detection data from various existing bioinformatics tools.
Implementation of features for quantifying circRNA presence and visualizing regulatory elements.

Main Results:

CircView provides a platform for visualizing circRNAs identified by different tools.
The tool allows users to quantify circRNA detection across multiple samples.
CircView displays regulatory elements like miRNA response elements and RNA-binding protein sites.

Conclusions:

CircView addresses the need for a dedicated circRNA visualization tool.
This tool enhances the understanding of circRNA functions and aids in experimental design.
CircView supports researchers in exploring circRNA landscapes and regulatory interactions.