Small RNA-Sequencing Library Preparation for the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax volcanii

Methods Mol Biol. 2022:2522:243-254. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_15.

Abstract

Posttranscriptional regulation actuated by small RNAs (sRNAs) plays essential roles in a wide variety of cellular processes, especially in stress responses and environmental signaling. Hundreds of sRNAs have recently been discovered in archaea using genome-wide approaches but the molecular mechanisms of only a few have been characterized experimentally. Here, we describe how to build sRNA sequencing libraries using size-selected total RNA in the model archaeon, Haloferax volcanii , to provide a tool to further characterize sRNAs in archaea.

Keywords: Haloarchaea; Noncoding RNA; Sequencing libraries; Small RNA; Transcription.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Gene Library
  • Haloferax volcanii* / genetics
  • RNA, Archaeal / genetics
  • RNA, Small Untranslated* / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA

Substances

  • RNA, Archaeal
  • RNA, Small Untranslated