FusionCatcher searches for novel/known somatic fusion genes, translocations, and chimeras in RNA-seq data (paired-end reads from Illumina NGS platforms like Solexa and HiSeq) from diseased samples.
The aims of FusionCatcher are:
- very good detection rate for finding candidate fusion genes,
- very easy to use (i.e. no a priori knowledge of databases and bioinformatics is needed in order to run FusionCatcher),
- very good detection of challenging fusion genes, like for example IGH fusions, CIC...