Isoenergetic microarrays can be used to study complex RNA-protein and RNA-RNA interactions, though with some limitations.
May aid preclinical RNA interaction mapping; leaves open clinical translation pending human validation.
Information on the secondary structure and interactions of RNA is important to understand the biological function of RNA as well as in applying RNA as a tool for therapeutic purposes. Recently, the isoenergetic microarray mapping method was developed to improve the prediction of RNA secondary structure. Herein, for the first time, isoenergetic microarrays were used to study the binding of RNA to protein or other RNAs as well as the interactions of two different RNAs and protein in a three-component complex. The RNAs used as models were the regulatory DsrA and OxyS RNAs from Escherichia coli, the fragments of their target mRNAs (fhlA and rpoS), and their complexes with Hfq protein. The collected results showed the advantages and some limitations of microarray mapping.
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