Smart-Seq(Switching mechanism at 5’ end of the RNA transcript)是一項具裏程碑意義的技術。細胞被裂解後,將RNA與包含oligo(dT)的引物雜交。然後添加幾個無模板的C核苷酸,生成第一條鏈。這種poly(C)垂懸只添加到全長轉錄本上。然後將寡核苷酸引物與poly(C)突出雜交,合成第二條鏈。全長cDNA經過PCR擴增,以獲得納克級的DNA。PCR産物純化後可用于測序。在後來又有學者對該技術進行改進,新方案使用鎖核酸(LNA)、更高濃度的MgCl2以及甜菜堿。它不再需要純化步驟,可大大提高産量。
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