title: SLaP mapper: a webserver for identifying and quantifying spliced-leader addition and polyadenylation site usage in kinetoplastid genomes.
abstract: The Kinetoplastida are a diverse and globally distributed class of free-living and parasitic single-celled eukaryotes that collectively cause a significant burden on human health and welfare. In kinetoplastids individual genes do not have promoters, but rather all genes are arranged downstream of a small number of RNA polymerase II transcription initiation sites and are thus transcribed in polycistronic gene clusters. Production of individual mRNAs from this continuous transcript occurs co-transcriptionally by trans-splicing of a ∼39 nucleotide capped RNA and subsequent polyadenylation of the upstream mRNA. SLaP mapper (Spliced-Leader and Polyadenylation mapper) is a fully automated web-service for identification, quantitation and gene-assignment of both spliced-leader and polyadenylation addition sites in Kinetoplastid genomes. SLaP mapper only requires raw read data from paired-end Illumina RNAseq and performs all read processing, mapping, quality control, quantification, and analysis in a fully automated pipeline. To provide usage examples and estimates of the quantity of sequence data required we use RNAseq obtained from two different library preparations from both Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania mexicana to show the number of expected reads that are obtained from each preparation type. SLaP mapper is an easy to use, platform independent webserver that is freely available for use at http://www.stevekellylab.com/software/slap. Example files are provided on the website.
authors.affiliation: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiebig
authors.affiliation: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gluenz
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrington
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK. Electronic address: steven.kelly@plants.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D020407:Internet; D007894:Leishmania mexicana / Q000235:genetics*; D026723:Polyadenylation; D020038:RNA, Spliced Leader / Q000235:genetics*; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020038:RNA, Spliced Leader
keywords: Kinetoplastida; Leishmania; Polyadenylation; RNA splicing; RNA-Seq; Trypanosoma
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