Back to Search Start Over

Generation of Transgenic Rice Expressing CircRNA and Its Functional Characterization

Authors :
Sankar Natesan
Priyanka Sharma
Gopal Pandi
Ashirbad Guria
Source :
Methods in Molecular Biology ISBN: 9781071616444
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Springer US, 2021.

Abstract

Circular RNA (CircRNA) is yet another vital addition to the noncoding RNA family. They are mainly derived by fusion of downstream 3' splice donor with upstream 5' splice acceptor by a noncanonical form of alternative splicing mechanism called backsplicing. An array of functional aspects of these circRNAs has been reported in animal systems. However, functional investigation of circRNA in plants is very limited. In this chapter, we described a methodological outline to study the circRNA biogenesis and to characterize its function(s). Sequence of a newly identified Oryza sativa Indica circRNA flanked by complementary repeat sequences of a rice intron was assembled to yield a circRNA expression cassette. This cassette can be cloned into any plant expression vector which has a suitable promoter (CaMV 35S or ubiquitin promoter) and terminator, and can be used for any circRNA-mediated functional studies. Subsequent agroinfection of rice calli with this cassette yielded circRNA expressing transgenic plants. These transgenic plants were used to establish a correlation between the expressing circRNA, parental gene, and interacting miRNAs. Moreover, effect of circRNA overexpression on plant phenotype under various stress conditions can be studied using these transgenic plants. Also, RNA pull-down assay can be performed to identify the circRNA interacting proteins and the expression of these RBPs can also be studied from these transgenic plants.

Details

ISBN :
978-1-07-161644-4
ISBNs :
9781071616444
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Methods in Molecular Biology ISBN: 9781071616444
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9bf195175875a7211445c11c80eaaf2e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1645-1_3