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Emerging evidence from these studies suggested that the male germ cell transcriptome is more complex than previously envisioned. In addition to protein-coding genes, the transcriptome also encodes a significant number of nonprotein-coding transcripts. These noncoding (nc) RNAs appear to be involved in a variety of cellular activities, ranging from simple housekeeping to complex regulatory functions. A class of ncRNAs known as long ncRNAs (lncRNAs) were recently shown to be expressed in a developmentally regulated manner during brain and embryonic stem cell development. This protocol aims to predict and identify potential lncRNA candidates using Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) data. We also illustrate how to validate the potential lncRNAs by expression analyses using real-time PCR and Northern Blot. Potential lncRNA candidates in male germ cells are identified using our previously established male germ cell SAGE database (GermSAGE).
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This work was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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Lee, TL., Xiao, A., Rennert, O.M. (2012). Identification of Novel Long Noncoding RNA Transcripts in Male Germ Cells. In: Chan, WY., Blomberg, L. (eds) Germline Development. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 825. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-436-0_9
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