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RACER: Rapid and Accurate Correction of Errors in Reads

RACER is a C++/OpenMP program that corrects sequencing errors in high-throughput DNA sequencing data, especially designed for the Illumina platform. It does not require any additional software. To run RACER use the command:

<RACER> <inputReads> <correctedReads> <genomeLength>

where

<RACER> is the executable
<inputReads> is the input file containin the reads; fasta or fastq
<correctedReads> will contain the corrected reads at the end
<genomeLength> is the approximate length of the DNA molecule that originated the reads, such as the genome length in a whole genome sequencing project
- if only parts of a genome were sequenced, then only the total length of those parts should be used (instead of the length of the total genome)
- precise value is not necessary, an approximation will work well

RACER source code

The source code can be downloaded here.

Citation

If you use RACER, please cite:

L. Ilie, M. Molnar, RACER: Rapid and Accurate Correction of Errors in Reads, Bioinformatics 29 (2013) 2490 -- 2493.

RACER: Rapid and Accurate Correction of Errors in Reads

RACER source code

Citation

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