title: Analysis of RNA structure and RNA-protein interactions in mammalian cells by use of terminal transferase-dependent PCR.
abstract: Terminal transferase-dependent polymerase chain reaction (TDPCR) can be used after reverse transcription (RT) to analyze RNA. This method (RT-TDPCR) has been used for study of RNA structure and RNA-protein interactions at nucleotide-level resolution. A detailed protocol of RT-TDPCR is presented here with examples of its use with ribonuclease T1 in mammalian cells for detecting (1) RNA structure and protein footprints of the human ferritin heavy-chain messenger RNA and (2) in vivo structure of exon 4 of human XIST (X chromosome inactivation-specific transcript) RNA.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA.
authors.forename: Hsiu-Hua
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lebon
authors.forename: Arthur D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Riggs
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D012313:RNA; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases