Purification of circular RNAs using poly(A) tailing followed by RNase R digestion Mei-Sheng Xiao and Jeremy E. Wilusz
Part II: In silico circRNA profiling
State of the art circular RNA analytics using the circtools software suite
Tobias Jakobi
Exploring circular RNA profile and expression in extracellular vesicles
Jingjing Zhao, Qiaojuan Li, Shenglin Huang
Part III: circRNA detection, sequence validation and quantification
In situ hybridization of circRNAs in cells and tissues through BaseScope™ strategy Eleonora D’Ambra, Erika Vitiello, Tiziana Santini, and Irene Bozzoni
Sanger sequencing to determine the full-length sequence of circular RNAs
Suman Singh, Aniruddha Das, and Amaresh C. Panda
Droplet digital PCR for the detection and quantification of bona fide circRNAs
Linda Masante, Giorgia Susin, and Marie-Laure Baudet
Targeted sequencing of circular RNAs for Illumina-based counting and Nanopore structure determination
Isabel Narmann-de Vries, and Christoph Dieterich
Nanopore mediated sequencing of circular RNA
Morten Venø, Junyi Su, Yan Yan, and Jørgen Kjems
Part IV: Functional study: tools for loss- and gain-of function analysis
In vivo tissue-specific knockdown of circRNAs using shRNAs in Drosophila Melanogaster
Ines Lucia Patop, Michael Canori, and Sebastian Kadener
Functional circular RNA screening via RfxCas13d/BSJ-gRNA system
Hao Wuand Ling-Ling Chen
Base-editor-mediated circRNA knockout by targeting predominantly back-splice sites Xu-Kai Ma, Xiang Gao, and Mei Cao, and Li Yang
Directed Circularization of a Short RNA
Cathrin E Hansen, Danilo Springstubbe, Sabine Müller, and Sonja Petkovic
Engineering Synthetic circRNAs for Efficient CNS Expression
Katie N. Clements, Trevor J. Gonzalez, and Aravind Asokan
Functional investigation of in vitro transcribed circular RNA and formulation into Lipid nanoparticles via microfluidic mixing
Malte Juchem, Sarah Cushman, Dongchao Lu, Shambhabi Chatterjee, Christian Bär, and Thomas Thum
Part V: Functional study: biogenesis and translation
Characterising post-transcriptional modifications of circRNAs to investigate biogenesis and translation
Gaia Di Timoteo, Dario Dattilo, and Irene Bozzoni
Part VI: circRNA mechanisms of action
Native circular RNA pulldown method to simultaneously profile RNA and protein interactions
Marta M. Gabryelska, Stuart T. Webb, He Lin, Laura Gantley, Kirsty Kirk, Ryan Liu, Brett W. Stringer, Vanessa M. Conn, and Simon J. Conn
Screening and characterization of functional circRNAs in neuronal cultures
Darren Kelly and Gerhard Schratt
This second edition details new and updated methods on circular RNA. Chapter guide readers through circular RNA purification, in silico characterization, circRNA detection, sequence validation, quantification , techniques related to gain- and loss-of-function approaches, circular RNA synthesis, split ligation, engineering, nanoparticle packaging, RNA modifications on circular RNA biogenesis, RNA translation potential, and vaccines based on circular RNAs. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and cutting-edge, Circular RNAs, Second Edition aims to ensure successful results in the further study of this vital field.