title: Identification and removal of ribosomal RNA sequences from metatranscriptomes.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Here, we present riboPicker, a robust framework for the rapid, automated identification and removal of ribosomal RNA sequences from metatranscriptomic datasets. The results can be exported for subsequent analysis, and the databases used for the web-based version are updated on a regular basis. riboPicker categorizes rRNA-like sequences and provides graphical visualizations and tabular outputs of ribosomal coverage, alignment results and taxonomic classifications.
  
  
  METHODS
  This open-source application was implemented in Perl and can be used as stand-alone version or accessed online through a user-friendly web interface. The source code, user help and additional information is available at http://ribopicker.sourceforge.net/.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  rschmied@sciences.sdsu.edu; rschmied@sciences.sdsu.edu
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA. rschmied@sciences.sdsu.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmieder
authors.forename: Yan Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D054892:Metagenome; D011381:Programming Languages; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012984:Software; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal