Pash 3.0: A versatile software package for read mapping and integrative analysis of genomic and epigenomic variation using massi

Background: Massively parallel sequencing readouts of epigenomic assays are enabling integrative genome-wide analyses of genomic and epigenomic variation. Pash 3.0 performs sequence comparison and read mapping and can be employed as a module within diverse configurable analysis pipelines, including ChIP-Seq and methylome mapping by whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. Results: Pash 3.0 generally matches the accuracy and speed of niche programs for fast mapping of short reads, and exceeds their performance on longer reads generated by a new generation of massively parallel sequencing technologies. By exploiting longer read lengths, Pash 3.0 maps reads onto the large fraction of genomic DNA that contains repetitive elements and polymorphic sites, including indel polymorphisms. Conclusions: We demonstrate the versatility of Pash 3.0 by analyzing the interaction between CpG methylation, CpG SNPs, and imprinting based on publicly available whole-genome shotgun bisulfite sequencing data. Pash...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Cristian Coarfa, Fuli Yu, Christopher A. Miller, Zuozhou Chen, R. Alan Harris, Aleksandar Milosavljevic
• Keywords: BMCBI 2007, BMCBI 2010, Massively Parallel, Parallel Sequencing, PASH