TruSeqSmallRNALibraryPreparationKitsprovidereagentstogeneratesmallRNAlibrariesdirectlyfromtotalRNA.MicroRNAs(miRNAs)generatedbyDicerprocessingareefficientlytargetedbytheincludedmodifiedadapters.
Thesekitsenablemultiplexedsequencingwiththeintroductionof48uniqueindexes,allowingmiRNAandsmallRNAdiscoveryandprofilingthroughputtomatchtheunparalleledoutputofIlluminasequencing.Indexesareaddedinauniversalamplificationreaction,greatlyreducingligationbiasandensuringaccuratemeasurementofmiRNAexpression.
Workflowimprovementsenablestreamlinedsamplepreparation,allowingeconomicalstudiescoveringallsmallRNAtranscriptsinanyspecies.CompatIBLeapplicationsincludefindingnovelmiRNAs,characterizingvariationsuchasisomerswithsingle-baseresolution,andanalyzingdifferentialexpressionwithoutpriorassumptions.