title: In vitro precursor microRNA processing assays using Drosophila Schneider-2 cell lysates.
abstract: Recent studies have shown that the microRNA (miRNA) pathway is an evolutionarily conserved endogenous pathway that is important for normal development. Mature miRNAs are excised from precursors in a stepwise process and subsequently incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which mediates either cleavage of the target messenger RNA (mRNA) or translational repression, depending on the complementarity between the miRNA and its target mRNA. In this chapter, we describe in vitro precursor (pre)-miRNA processing assays using Drosophila Schneider-2 (S2) cell lysates and immunopurified materials.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: Kuniaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Mikiko C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Siomi
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Siomi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002457:Cell Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D002460:Cell Line; D004330:Drosophila / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D034622:RNA Interference; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D034743:RNA-Induced Silencing Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002457:Cell Extracts; D035683:MicroRNAs; D012322:RNA Precursors; D034743:RNA-Induced Silencing Complex