Transcript mapping method

摘要

A transcript mapping method according to an embodiment of the invention is described hereinafter and combines short tag based (SAGE and MPSS) efficiency with the accuracy of full-length cDNA (flcDNA) for comprehensive characterization of transcriptomes. This method is also referred to as Gene Identification Signature (GIS) analysis. In this method, 5′ and 3′ terminal tags are obtained from a transcript and the terminal tags are for identifying 5′ and 3′ sites located on a genome sequence. Further, occurring segments and thus feasible gene locations are identified along the genome sequence after the 5′ and 3′ sites are identified. A data structure is also generated for indexing the genome sequence so that the terminal tags can be mapped to the genome sequence.