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Genome-wide Quantification of Translation in Budding Yeast by Ribosome Profiling
Published on: December 21, 2017
Protocol to measure ribosome density along mRNA transcripts of Arabidopsis thaliana tissues using Ribo-seq
Isabel Cristina Vélez-Bermúdez1, Shu-Jen Chou2, Ai-Ping Chen2
1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Ribosome profiling (Ribo-seq) measures ribosome density along messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts and is used to estimate the "translational fitness" of a given mRNA in response to environmental or developmental cues with high resolution. Here, we describe a protocol for Ribo-seq in plants adapted for the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We describe steps for lysis and nucleolytic digestion and ribosome footprinting. We then detail library construction, sequencing, and data analysis.
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