BFC: correcting Illumina sequencing errors.

Bioinformatics
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Abstract

UNLABELLED: BFC is a free, fast and easy-to-use sequencing error corrector designed for Illumina short reads. It uses a non-greedy algorithm but still maintains a speed comparable to implementations based on greedy methods. In evaluations on real data, BFC appears to correct more errors with fewer overcorrections in comparison to existing tools. It particularly does well in suppressing systematic sequencing errors, which helps to improve the base accuracy of de novo assemblies.

AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: https://github.com/lh3/bfc

CONTACT: hengli@broadinstitute.org

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

Year of Publication
2015
Journal
Bioinformatics
Volume
31
Issue
17
Pages
2885-7
Date Published
2015 Sep 01
ISSN
1367-4811
URL
DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/btv290
PubMed ID
25953801
PubMed Central ID
PMC4635656
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GM100233 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
U54HG003037 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States