Facilitating RNA structure prediction with microarrays.

@article{citeulike:638311, abstract = {Determining RNA secondary structure is important for understanding structure-function relationships and identifying potential drug targets. This paper reports the use of microarrays with heptamer 2'-O-methyl oligoribonucleotides to probe the secondary structure of an RNA and thereby improve the prediction of that secondary structure. When experimental constraints from hybridization results are added to a free-energy minimization algorithm, the prediction of the secondary structure of Escherichia coli 5S rRNA improves from 27 to 92\% of the known canonical base pairs. Optimization of buffer conditions for hybridization and application of 2'-O-methyl-2-thiouridine to enhance binding and improve discrimination between AU and GU pairs are also described. The results suggest that probing RNA with oligonucleotide microarrays can facilitate determination of secondary structure.}, address = {Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland.}, author = {Kierzek, E. and Kierzek, R. and Turner, D. H. and Catrina, I. E. }, citeulike-article-id = {638311}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi051409+}, issn = {0006-2960}, journal = {Biochemistry}, keywords = {microarray, rna, secondary\_structure, structure\_prediction}, month = {January}, number = {2}, pages = {581--593}, posted-at = {2006-05-18 00:58:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Facilitating RNA structure prediction with microarrays.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi051409+}, volume = {45}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:638311 L3 - citeulike-article-id:638311 TI - Facilitating RNA structure prediction with microarrays. JF - Biochemistry VL - 45 IS - 2 SP - 581 EP - 593 AD - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland. SN - 0006-2960 N2 - Determining RNA secondary structure is important for understanding structure-function relationships and identifying potential drug targets. This paper reports the use of microarrays with heptamer 2'-O-methyl oligoribonucleotides to probe the secondary structure of an RNA and thereby improve the prediction of that secondary structure. When experimental constraints from hybridization results are added to a free-energy minimization algorithm, the prediction of the secondary structure of Escherichia coli 5S rRNA improves from 27 to 92% of the known canonical base pairs. Optimization of buffer conditions for hybridization and application of 2'-O-methyl-2-thiouridine to enhance binding and improve discrimination between AU and GU pairs are also described. The results suggest that probing RNA with oligonucleotide microarrays can facilitate determination of secondary structure. KW - microarray KW - rna KW - secondary_structure KW - structure_prediction AU - Kierzek, E AU - Kierzek, R AU - Turner, DH AU - Catrina, IE PY - 2006/01/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi051409+ ER -