Tracing Translational Footprint by Ribo-Seq: Principle, Workflow, and Applications to Understand the Mechanism of Human Diseases

RNA-seq has been widely used as a high-throughput method to characterize transcript dynamic changes in a broad context, such as development and diseases. However, whether RNA-seq-estimated transcriptional dynamics can be translated into protein level changes is largely unknown. Ribo-seq (Ribosome pr...

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Main Authors: Atefeh Bagheri, Artem Astafev, Tara Al-Hashimy, Peng Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/19/2966
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Summary:RNA-seq has been widely used as a high-throughput method to characterize transcript dynamic changes in a broad context, such as development and diseases. However, whether RNA-seq-estimated transcriptional dynamics can be translated into protein level changes is largely unknown. Ribo-seq (Ribosome profiling) is an emerging technology that allows for the investigation of the translational footprint via profiling ribosome-bounded mRNA fragments. Ribo-seq coupled with RNA-seq will allow us to understand the transcriptional and translational control of the fundamental biological process and human diseases. This review focuses on discussing the principle, workflow, and applications of Ribo-seq to study human diseases.
ISSN:2073-4409