MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are about 19- to 24-nucleotides long noncoding regulatory small RNAs that could silence target gene expression through base pairing to the complementary sequences in the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of targeted genes. They are evolutionally conserved and play an important regulatory role in embryogenesis, cell differentiation, and proliferation. They are also involved in pathogenesis and progression of some human diseases. There are about 1000 human miRNAs predicted today, and it is estimated that they could target about 30% of all human transcripts. Profiling the miRNAs that are expressed in the experimental cells became an important issue as different cells express different signature miRNAs or express the same miRNAs at different level. Small RNA cloning is a reliable way to characterize those tissue- or cell-specific signature miRNAs. This chapter describes a relatively nonlaborious polyadenylation-mediated complementary DNA (cDNA) cloning method that will identify most of the small RNAs expressed in the cells of interest. This procedure can also be used to verify bioinformatic predictions of miRNAs/small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) as well as to identify new miRNAs/siRNAs.
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article
Journal: Methods in enzymology
VOLUME: 427
Page Numbers: 123-38
Journal Abbreviation: Meth. Enzymol.
ISSN: 0076-6879
DAY: 27
MONTH: 08
YEAR: 2007
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