Digital transcriptome profiling using selective hexamer priming for cDNA synthesis

CD Armour, JC Castle, R Chen, T Babak, P Loerch… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
CD Armour, JC Castle, R Chen, T Babak, P Loerch, S Jackson, JK Shah, J Dey, CA Rohl
Nature methods, 2009nature.com
We developed a procedure for the preparation of whole transcriptome cDNA libraries
depleted of ribosomal RNA from only 1 μg of total RNA. The method relies on a collection of
short, computationally selected oligonucleotides, called'not-so-random'(NSR) primers, to
obtain full-length, strand-specific representation of nonribosomal RNA transcripts. In this
study we validated the technique by profiling human whole brain and universal human
reference RNA using ultra-high-throughput sequencing.
Abstract
We developed a procedure for the preparation of whole transcriptome cDNA libraries depleted of ribosomal RNA from only 1 μg of total RNA. The method relies on a collection of short, computationally selected oligonucleotides, called 'not-so-random' (NSR) primers, to obtain full-length, strand-specific representation of nonribosomal RNA transcripts. In this study we validated the technique by profiling human whole brain and universal human reference RNA using ultra-high-throughput sequencing.
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