Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) have emerged as critical participators in gene regulation in myriads of cell types. The development of the whole transcriptome sequencing technology, or RNA-seq , has enabled novel lincRNA detection, but the bioinformatics analysis toward distinguishing reliable ones remains a challenge. Here, we describe the bioinformatics workflow developed for identifying novel lincRNAs step by step, including read alignment, transcriptome assembly and transcript filtering.
Keywords: Bioinformatics; RNA-seq; Skeletal muscle cells; lincRNA.