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STAR/ Bowtie2: number of matched base

Dear all,

I am working on an miRNA pipeline and would like to compare bowtie2 and STAR. STAR has an option, which specifics the minimum number of matches bases to report the aligned read (--outFilterMatchNmin). I try to define the same in bowtie2, but apart from the score functions, I could not find a similar option or combination of options. Any suggestions?

Thanks and best wishes

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written by ResearchR ResearchR

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The simplest thing to change in bowtie2 is --score-min. STAR is vastly more configurable than most any other aligner, so don't expect to be able to tweak other tools as much.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

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