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DiffSegR: an RNA-seq data driven method for differential expression analysis using changepoint detection.

Arnaud Liehrmann^1,2,3, Etienne Delannoy^1,2, Alexandra Launay-Avon^1,2

¹Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France.

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This study introduces DiffSegR, an R package for analyzing RNA-Seq data without prior gene annotation. It identifies transcriptome-wide expression differences, revealing new insights into gene regulation and RNA processing.

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Area of Science:

Transcriptomics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology

Background:

Accurate transcriptome analysis is crucial for understanding gene regulation.
Current RNA-Seq tools often rely on incomplete annotations, leading to differential expression analysis errors.
A method is needed to analyze transcriptome-wide expression differences without relying on prior annotation.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and present DiffSegR, an R package for discovering transcriptome-wide expression differences using RNA-Seq data.
To enable differential expression analysis independent of gene annotations.
To provide a tool for uncovering novel biological insights from transcriptomic data.

Main Methods:

DiffSegR utilizes RNA-Seq data to identify expression differences between biological conditions.
It employs a multiple changepoints detection algorithm on per-base log2 fold change to find differentially expressed regions.
The package operates without requiring pre-existing gene annotations.

Main Results:

DiffSegR accurately identifies transcriptome-wide expression differences.
The package successfully predicted the roles of chloroplast ribonuclease Mini-III in rRNA maturation and PNPase in RNA degradation.
It also identified roles in precursor processing and intron accumulation.

Conclusions:

DiffSegR offers a novel approach to differential expression analysis in transcriptomics.
The package overcomes limitations of annotation-dependent methods.
DiffSegR provides valuable insights into gene regulation and RNA processing, benefiting biological research.