Abstract
DMS-MaPseq is a chemical probing method combined with high throughput sequencing used to study RNA structure. Here we present a flexible protocol for adherent and suspension mammalian cells to analyze RNA structure in vitro or in vivo. The protocol provides instruction on either a targeted sequencing of a lncRNA of interest or a transcriptome-wide approach that provides structural data on all expressed RNAs, including lncRNAs. This technique is particularly useful for comparing in vitro and in vivo structure of RNAs, determining how mutations and polymorphisms with phenotypic effects influence RNA structure and analyzing RNA structure across the entire transcriptome.
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Tomezsko, P., Swaminathan, H., Rouskin, S. (2021). DMS-MaPseq for Genome-Wide or Targeted RNA Structure Probing In Vitro and In Vivo. In: Cao, H. (eds) Functional Analysis of Long Non-Coding RNAs. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2254. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1158-6_13
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