Abstract
Post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA can potently dictate protein expression patterns in eukaryotic cells. This mode of regulation occurs through cis -acting regulatory regions in the mRNA transcript that mediate direct interactions with trans -acting RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). This mRNA/protein interaction can be studied in numerous ways that range from in vitro to in vivo through messenger ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation (mRNP-IP or RIP) assays. This modified immunoprecipitation approach is an important and sensitive method to determine the regulation of gene expression by specific RBPs under different cellular stressors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 239-246 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Methods in Molecular Biology |
Volume | 1262 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Post-transcriptional gene regulation
- RIP-seq
- RNA
- RNA-binding proteins
- Ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation (RIP)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics