CPAT - https://github.com/liguowang/cpat, http://lilab.research.bcm.edu/ (web server)

CPC2 - https://github.com/gao-lab/CPC2_standalone, http://cpc2.gao-lab.org/ (web server)

Infernal - http://eddylab.org/infernal/, https://github.com/EddyRivasLab/infernal

NCBI RefSeq - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/

Rfam - http://rfam.xfam.org/, https://docs.rfam.org/en/latest/index.html

SILVA - https://www.arb-silva.de/

RNAmmer - http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/RNAmmer/ (web server, standalone download link)

1. RNA-Seq Analysis Pipelines

RNA-seq is one of the most popular techniques for studying RNA. These tools streamline processing raw sequence data:

• FASTQC: For quality control of raw RNA-seq reads.
• Trimmomatic: For trimming and filtering RNA-seq reads.
• HISAT2/STAR: High-performance aligners for RNA-seq reads.
• FeatureCounts: For quantifying gene expression.
• DESeq2/EdgeR: For differential expression analysis.

2. Transcriptome Assembly and Annotation

For analyzing transcriptomes from non-model organisms or assembling novel transcripts:

• Trinity: For de novo transcriptome assembly.
• StringTie: For transcript assembly and quantification from RNA-seq alignments.
• TransDecoder: To predict coding regions within assembled transcripts.
• TAU: Tools for annotating non-coding and coding RNAs.

3. Exploring Non-Coding RNA (ncRNA)

Non-coding RNAs play critical regulatory roles. Dedicated tools for studying them include:

• Infernal: For identifying ncRNA sequences based on covariance models.
• Rfam: Database and tools for ncRNA families.
• miRDeep: For identifying microRNAs in RNA-seq datasets.

4. RNA Structure and Motif Analysis

Structural biology of RNA helps in understanding its function:

• RNAfold (ViennaRNA): Predicts secondary structures from RNA sequences.
• RNAstructure: Tools for RNA secondary structure prediction and analysis.
• MEME Suite: For identifying motifs in RNA sequences.
• IntaRNA: For RNA-RNA interaction prediction.

5. RNA Editing and Modifications

Epitranscriptomics is a growing field focusing on RNA modifications:

• REDItools: For RNA editing analysis.
• m6Aboost: For identifying m6A modifications in RNA.

6. Long-Read RNA Sequencing Analysis

Long-read technologies like Nanopore and PacBio are transforming RNA research:

• FLAIR: For isoform-level analysis of long-read RNA-seq data.
• NanoMod: For detecting modifications in RNA from Nanopore sequencing.

7. RNA-Protein Interactions

To study RNA-protein interactions and complexes:

• RBPmap: For identifying RNA-binding protein motifs.
• PARalyzer: For analyzing PAR-CLIP data.

8. Functional Enrichment Analysis

Understanding biological functions and pathways from RNA-seq data:

• getENRICH: A tool designed for pathway enrichment analysis of non-model organisms (hypergeometric P-value calculation with FDR correction).
• ClusterProfiler: For GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis.

9. Visualization and Data Sharing

Presenting and sharing RNA sequence analysis results effectively:

• IGV: Genome browser for visualizing RNA-seq alignments.
• Circos: Circular visualization of RNA-seq data.
• DashBio: A Python library for creating bioinformatics visualizations.

Conclusion

The bioinformatics landscape for RNA sequence analysis is vast, with tools catering to specific needs. Whether you’re studying coding RNAs, non-coding RNAs, or exploring RNA-protein interactions, the right tools can transform your data into biological insights.

SLURM is similar in many ways to most other queue systems. You write a batch script then submit it to the queue manager. The queue manager then schedules your job to run on the queue (or partition in SLURM parlance) that you designate. Below we will provide an outline of how to submit jobs to SLURM, how SLURM decides when to schedule your job and how to monitor progress.

SLURM has a number of valuable features compared to other job management systems:

• Kill and Requeue SLURM’s ability to kill and requeue is superior to that of other systems. It waits for jobs to be cleared before scheduling the high priority job. It also does kill and requeue on memory rather than just on core count.
• Memory Memory requests are sacrosanct in SLURM. Thus the amount of memory you request at run time is guaranteed to be there. No one can infringe on that memory space and you cannot exceed the amount of memory that you request.
• Accounting Tools SLURM has a back end database which stores historical information about the cluster. This information can be queried by the users who are curious about how much resources they have used.

Summary of SLURM commands

The table below shows a summary of SLURM commands. These commands are described in more detail below along with links to the SLURM doc site.

Prerequisites

• A fresh Vultr Cloud Compute instance with Ubuntu 18.04 and root access.

Step 1: Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP

Elgg requires MySQL, PHP, and a web server. Before you can install Elgg, you will need to install the Apache web server, MySQL, and PHP.

Update the repository list.

apt-get update

Install the Apache web server.

apt-get install apache2 -y

Install MySQL.

apt-get install mysql-server -y

Complete the MySQL installation by executing the following command.

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

During the installation, you will be asked to enter a root password. Enter a secure password. This will be the MySQL root password.

Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD plugin? [Y/N] N
New password: password
Re-enter new password: password
Remove anonymous users? [Y/N] Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/N] Y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/N] Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/N] Y

Install PHP 7.2, as well as the PHP modules required by Elgg.

apt-get install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip -y

Step 2: Create a MySQL database for Elgg

Elgg will require a MySQL database. Log into the MySQL console.

mysql -u root -p

When prompted for a password, enter the MySQL root password you set in step 1. Once you are logged in to the MySQL console, create a new database.

CREATE DATABASE elgg;

Create a new MySQL user and grant it privileges to the newly created database. You can replace username and password with the username and password of your choice.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on elgg.* to 'username'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit the MySQL console.

exit

Step 3: Download and Install Elgg

Download the latest version of Elgg.

cd /var/www/html
rm -r index.html
wget https://elgg.org/download/elgg-2.3.7.zip

Unzip the downloaded archive and move the files to the root of the Apache web server.

apt install unzip
unzip elgg-2.3.7.zip
mv ./elgg-2.3.7/* . && rm elgg-2.3.7.zip && rm -r elgg-2.3.7

Create a data directory for Elgg.

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/data

Set the appropriate file permissions.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/

Step 4: Configure Apache for Elgg

Elgg requires the Apache rewrite module. Enable the Apache rewrite module.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Create an Apache configuration file for the Elgg installation.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/elgg.conf

Paste the following snippet to the file, replacing example.com with your own domain name.

<VirtualHost *:80>
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
     ServerName example.com
     <Directory /var/www/html/>
          Options FollowSymlinks
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
     </Directory>
     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the configuration and restart the Apache server.

 sudo a2ensite elgg.conf
 sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

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