Long noncoding RNA (ncRNA) Analysis Using Real-Time PCR

Workflow Features

  • Ideal for reliably quantitating transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides
  • Detect only the intended noncoding RNA transcript
  • Assays are based on proven TaqMan® Assay technology and use existing assay design and manufacturing infrastructure
  • Available for human, mouse, and rat species

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How It Works

Long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. This definition distinguishes long ncRNAs from small regulatory RNAs such as miRNAs. Rather than potentially detecting different transcript variants at a particular gene locus like TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays, TaqMan® Non-coding RNA Assays detect only the intended ncRNA transcript. Assays were designed using transcripts from a number of different sources, including NCBI RefSeq NR, RNAdb, and from the content on Invitrogen™ NCode™ Non-coding RNA Arrays.

Long noncoding RNA (ncRNA) Analysis Experimental Workflow

Life Technologies offers a variety of kits that preserve small RNAs. Each kit is ideal for use in long noncoding RNA analysis because they enable quantitative recovery of all RNA > 10nt in length and maintenance of representative amounts of all RNA (eliminating experimental bias). To ensure accurate quantitation with TaqMan® Non-coding RNA Assays, samples must be free from genomic DNA.

Recommended Products

 

mirVana™ miRNA Isolation Kit
Isolate total RNA that contains small RNAs such as miRNA, siRNA, and snRNA. These small RNAs are often lost during traditional RNA isolation methods. In addition, this kit includes reagents and instructions for the isolation of RNA that is enriched for small RNA (<200 bp), enabling more sensitive detection of low-level small RNAs.

 

RecoverAll™ Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit for FFPE
Extract total RNA or DNA from formalin- or paraformalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. This kit enables the molecular analysis of archived tissue samples at both the genomic and gene expression levels. With this kit, nucleic acid is obtained that is suitable for RT-qPCR, mutation screening, and microarray analyses.

 

TURBO DNA-free™ Kit
TURBO™ DNase is a recombinant, engineered form of DNase I that is more efficient than wild-type DNase I at digesting trace amounts of unwanted DNA in RNA samples. The TURBO DNA-free™ Kit comes with all reagents needed to perform 50 TURBO™ DNase treatments plus a highly effective DNase Inactivation Reagent, making this kit the tool of choice for RT-PCR sample preparation.

 

TaqMan® MicroRNA Cells-to-CT™ Kit
Featuring a unique method for lysing cultured cells while removing genomic DNA and preserving RNA integrity, the TaqMan® MicroRNA Cells-to-CT™ Kit makes it possible to perform miRNA expression profiling directly from cultured cells without RNA purification.

For research use only. Not intended for any animal or human therapeutic or diagnostic use.