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smallRNA - adaptor trimming stringency

Dear all,

I am trying to analyze my smallRNA seq data and before alignment it is recommended to trim sequenced reads. What stringency for trimming adaptors do you use in your experiments? I have tried with 0.7 and 0.95 adaptor trimming stringency and I got very different results that differ in proportion of mature RNA and iso-miRNA . Any suggestion?

Thank you for your help...

rna-seq adaptors smallrna trimming stringency

Please show us what commands did you use and adapter sequences used ? How does the length distribution of reads look after trimming adapters.

We use Basespace trimmer app - FASTQ Toolkit. RNA libraries were prepared using NEB smallRNA library preparation kit, where 3' adaptor sequence is AGATCGGAAGAGCACACGTCTGAACTCCAGTCAC and 5' adaptor GTTCAGAGTTCTACAGTCCGACGATC.

Pic of trimmed seq distribution: enter image description here

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