selSeq: A method for the enrichment of non-polyadenylated RNAs including enhancer and long non-coding RNAs for sequencing

PLoS One. 2023 Nov 28;18(11):e0289442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289442. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Non-polyadenylated RNA includes a large subset of crucial regulators of RNA expression and constitutes a substantial portion of the transcriptome, playing essential roles in gene regulation. For example, enhancer RNAs are long non-coding RNAs that perform enhancer-like functions, are bi-directionally transcribed, and usually lack polyA tails. This paper presents a novel method, selSeq, that selectively removes mRNA and pre-mRNA from samples enabling the selective sequencing of crucial regulatory elements, including non-polyadenylated RNAs such as long non-coding RNA, enhancer RNA, and non-canonical mRNA.

MeSH terms

  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • RNA Precursors
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / genetics
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / metabolism
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA Precursors