Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Illumina and MGI next-generation sequencing platforms using RUNX3- and ZBTB46-instructed embryonic stem cells.

We have previously observed phenotypic and developmental changes upon the ectopic expression of the RUNX3 or the ZBTB46 transcription factors in mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) derived progenitors. In this study, we evaluated the gene expression profiles of the RUNX3- and the ZBTB46-instructed murine ESCs with RNA-seq testing two next-generation sequencing technologies. We compared the DNA nanoball-based DNBSEQ G400 sequencer (MGI) with the bridge-PCR-based NextSeq 500 instrument (Illumina) for RNA sequencing.