Journal: Bio-protocol
Article Title: Efficient circRNA Detection Using the Processive Reverse Transcriptase uMRT
doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5480
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) RT-PCR of circHIPK3 using uMRT, SuperScript III (SSIII), and SuperScript IV (SSIV). The expected RT-PCR product for circHIPK3 is 1,099 nt. (B) Method overview for detecting natural circRNAs. RNA extraction from HEK293T cells is treated with RNase R to remove linear RNA. (C) Nanopore sequencing results of the uMRT RT-PCR amplicon. Sequencing results across the junction are shown (yellow highlighted region). The whole sequence alignment is shown by the grey bars.
Article Snippet: The method described here enables the straightforward validation of individual circRNA sequences, without the need for enrichment strategies or cloning, by using the highly processive UltraMarathonRT (uMRT) [17,18].
Techniques: Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA Extraction, Nanopore Sequencing, Amplification, Sequencing