MTAIL-seq reveals dynamic poly(A) tail regulation in oocyte-to-embryo development
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ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Jaechul Lim
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-83732 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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mTAIL-seq reveals dynamic poly(A) tail regulation in oocyte-to-embryo development.
Lim Jaechul J Lee Mihye M Son Ahyeon A Chang Hyeshik H Kim V Narry VN
Genes & development 20160721 14
Eukaryotic mRNAs are subject to multiple types of tailing that critically influence mRNA stability and translatability. To investigate RNA tails at the genomic scale, we previously developed TAIL-seq, but its low sensitivity precluded its application to biological materials of minute quantity. In this study, we report a new version of TAIL-seq (mRNA TAIL-seq [mTAIL-seq]) with enhanced sequencing depth for mRNAs (by ∼1000-fold compared with the previous version). The improved method allows us to ...[more]
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