Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis in Yeast Using High-Density Tiling Arrays

Lior David, Sandra Clauder-Münster, Lars M. Steinmetz

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Abstract

In the last decade, it became clear that transcription goes far beyond that of protein-coding genes. Most RNA molecules are transcribed from intergenic regions or introns and exhibit much variability in size, expression level, secondary structure, and evolutionary conservation. While for several types of non-coding RNAs some cellular functions have been reported, like for micro-RNAs and small nucleolar RNAs, for most others no indications of function or regulation have so far been found. Therefore, the RNA population inside a cell is diverse and cryptic and, thus, demands powerful methods to study its composition, abundance, and structure. DNA oligonucleotide microarrays have proven to be of great utility to study transcription of genes in various organisms. Recently, due to advancement in microarray technology, tiling microarrays that extend transcription measurement to genomic regions beyond protein-coding genes were designed for several species. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast tiling array contains overlapping probes across the full genomic sequence, with consecutive probes starting every 8 bp on average on each strand, enabling strand-specific measurement of transcription from a full eukaryotic genome. Here, we describe the methods used to extract yeast RNA, convert it into first-strand cDNA, fragment, and label it for hybridization to the tiling array. This protocol will enable researchers not only to study which genes are expressed and to what levels, but also to identify non-coding RNAs and to study the structure of transcripts including their untranslated regions, alternative start, stop, and processing sites. This information will allow understanding their roles inside cells.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationYeast Systems Biology
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Protocols
Pages107-123
Number of pages17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume759

Keywords

  • Tiling microarray
  • cDNA
  • gene expression
  • gene structure
  • non-coding RNA
  • strand-specific transcription
  • transcription
  • whole-genome microarray
  • yeast

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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