Bio-Protocol (Jul 2017)

Mapping RNA Sequences that Contact Viral Capsid Proteins in Virions

  • C. Cheng Kao,
  • Ella Chuang,
  • James Ford,
  • Jie Huang,
  • Ram Podicheti,
  • Douglas Rusch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2398
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 14

Abstract

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We have adapted the methodology of CLIP-seq (Crosslinking-Immunoprecipitation and DNA Sequencing) to map the segments of encapsidated RNAs that contact the protein shells of virions. Results from the protocol report on the RNA sequences that contact the viral capsid.