Production of Xenopus tropicalis Egg Extracts to Identify Microtubule-associated RNAs
| Autor: | Sharp, Judith A., Blower, Mike D. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Cell Extracts
RNA Processing purification Xenopus mRNA Messenger Post-Transcriptional Bioengineering Biochemistry Microtubules eggs Genetics Animals Xenopus tropicalis RNA Messenger Stored Molecular Biology Issue 76 Ovum egg extract animal model RNA localization Cellular Biology RNA Female Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE |
| ISSN: | 1940-087X |
| Popis: | Many organisms localize mRNAs to specific subcellular destinations to spatially and temporally control gene expression. Recent studies have demonstrated that the majority of the transcriptome is localized to a nonrandom position in cells and embryos. One approach to identify localized mRNAs is to biochemically purify a cellular structure of interest and to identify all associated transcripts. Using recently developed high-throughput sequencing technologies it is now straightforward to identify all RNAs associated with a subcellular structure. To facilitate transcript identification it is necessary to work with an organism with a fully sequenced genome. One attractive system for the biochemical purification of subcellular structures are egg extracts produced from the frog Xenopus laevis. However, X. laevis currently does not have a fully sequenced genome, which hampers transcript identification. In this article we describe a method to produce egg extracts from a related frog, X. tropicalis, that has a fully sequenced genome. We provide details for microtubule polymerization, purification and transcript isolation. While this article describes a specific method for identification of microtubule-associated transcripts, we believe that it will be easily applied to other subcellular structures and will provide a powerful method for identification of localized RNAs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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