Abstract
Bioinformatics programs have helped tremendously in identifying the targets of microRNAs, which are small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression posttranscriptionally. However, the partial complementarity between miRNAs and their targets hinders the accuracy of target prediction, necessitating the use of experimental validation procedures. Here, we describe a gene reporter assay typically used in our lab to validate putative miRNA–mRNA interactions in Drosophila S2 cells.
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This work was supported by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (104T144 to BA). We also thank the IZTECH Center for Biotechnology for their help.
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Akgül, B., Göktaş, Ç. (2014). Gene Reporter Assay to Validate MicroRNA Targets in Drosophila S2 Cells. In: Yousef, M., Allmer, J. (eds) miRNomics: MicroRNA Biology and Computational Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1107. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-748-8_14
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