Abstract

Summary

Barcode-based sequence census assays utilize custom or random oligonucloetide sequences to label various biological features, such as cell-surface proteins or CRISPR perturbations. These assays all rely on barcode quantification, a task that is complicated by barcode design and technical noise. We introduce a modular approach to quantifying barcodes that achieves speed and memory improvements over existing tools. We also introduce a set of quality control metrics, and accompanying tool, for validating barcode designs.

Availability and implementation

https://github.com/pachterlab/kb_python, https://github.com/pachterlab/qcbc.

Details

Title
Quantifying orthogonal barcodes for sequence census assays
Author
A Sina Booeshaghi 1 ; Kyung Hoi (Joseph) Min 2 ; Gehring, Jase 3 ; Pachter, Lior 1 

 Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125, United States 
 Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, United States 
 Arcadia Science , Berkeley, CA 94702, United States 
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
26350041
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3192321011
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.