Abstract
The next generation sequencing technologies have made the exhaustive sequencing of all small RNA species within a small RNA library possible. Thus, comparative studies on the changes in small-RNA transcriptomes between two biological samples represent a powerful means of revealing the functions of small RNAs in physiological and pathological processes. Here, we describe a small RNA cloning method that can be used to generate small RNA cDNA libraries for both conventional and next generation (deep) sequencing. It can also be used for detection and quantitative analyses of small RNAs using PCR.
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The authors would like to thank Jonathan Cho for reading and editing the text. This work was supported by grants from the National Institute of Health (HD048855 and HD050281) to W.Y.
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Ro, S., Yan, W. (2010). Small RNA Cloning. In: Sioud, M. (eds) RNA Therapeutics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 629. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-657-3_17
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