Package: EventPointer 3.21.0

EventPointer: An effective identification of alternative splicing events using junction arrays and RNA-Seq data

EventPointer is an R package to identify alternative splicing events that involve either simple (case-control experiment) or complex experimental designs such as time course experiments and studies including paired-samples. The algorithm can be used to analyze data from either junction arrays (Affymetrix Arrays) or sequencing data (RNA-Seq). In the latter, EventPointer can work with annotated splicing events or can build a splicing graph from the RNA-Seq reads and then identify new and specific alternative splicing events. The software returns a data.frame with the detected alternative splicing events: gene name, type of event (cassette, alternative 3',...,etc), genomic position, statistical significance and increment of the percent spliced in (Delta PSI) for all the events. The algorithm can generate a series of files to visualize the detected alternative splicing events in IGV. This eases the interpretation of results and the design of primers for standard PCR validation.

Authors:Juan Pablo Romero [aut], Juan A. Ferrer-Bonsoms [aut, cre], Pablo Sacristan [aut], Ander Muniategui [aut], Fernando Carazo [aut], Ander Aramburu [aut], Angel Rubio [aut]