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A Genomic Language Model for Chimera Artifact Detection in Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing

Li, Y.; Wang, T.-Y.; Guo, Q.; Ren, Y.; Lu, X.; Cao, Q.; Yang, R.

2024-10-25 genomics
10.1101/2024.10.23.619929 bioRxiv
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Chimera artifacts in nanopore direct RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) can significantly distort transcriptome analyses, yet their detection and removal remain challenging due to limitations in existing basecalling models. We present Deep-Chopper, a genomic language model that precisely identifies and removes adapter sequences from base-called dRNA-seq long reads at single-base resolution, operating independently of raw signal or alignment information to effectively eliminate chimeric read artifacts. By removing these artifacts, DeepChopper substantially improves the accuracy of critical downstream analyses, such as transcript annotation and gene fusion detection, thereby enhancing the reliability and utility of nanopore dRNA-seq for transcriptomics research.

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