Genome Wide Full-Length Transcript Analysis Using 5 and 3 Paired-End-Tag Next Generation Sequencing
RNA-PET is a paired end tag (PET) sequencing method for full-length mRNA transcripts analysis using the next generation sequencer platforms such as Illumina GA and SOLiD. Unlike RNA-Seq method that sequences randomly sheared shotgun RNA short fragments, RNA-PET captures and sequences the 5′ and 3′ end tags of full-length cDNA fragments of all expressed genes in a biological sample. When mapped to reference genome, RNA-PET sequences can demarcate the boundaries of transcription units genome-wide, in addition to its ability to quantify the transcription level of each expression genes. Furthermore, the unique feature of RNA-PET is to identify fusion transcripts. Therefore, RNA-PET has been regarded as the best PET for genome annotation (1). Here in this chapter, we describe the details of the RNA-PET protocol and discuss the critical issues.
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