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Table 1 Examples of lncRNAs discovered with various approaches described in the text

From: Strategies to identify long noncoding RNAs involved in gene regulation

lncRNA name

Types of RNA

lncRNA identification methods*

Reference

ANRIL

RNA-ChIP (UV cross-linking) and CLIP

RT-PCR

[12]

RepA

RIP (no cross-linking)

Northern blotting

[13]

TRE-1, -2 and -3

RNA-ChIP (cross-linked with formaldehyde)

RT-PCR

[14]

Xist

RIP (no cross-linking)

RT-PCR

[13]

LincRNA-EPS

Polyadenylated RNA

Microarrays of 10,802 lncRNAs and RNA-seq

[15]

lincRNA-SFMBT2, lincRNA-RoR, and lincRNA-VLDLR

Total RNA

Microarrays of 900 lincRNAs

[16]

lncRNA_ES1, ES2 and ES3

Total RNA

Microarrays of 6,671 lncRNAs

[17]

ncRNA-a1-7

Polyadenylated RNA

Microarrays of 3,019 lncRNAs

[18]

HOTAIR

Polyadenylated RNA

Tiling arrays of 39 HOX genes

[19]

RIP (no cross-linking)

Validation with RT-PCR

HOTAIRM1

Polyadenylated RNA

Tiling arrays of HOXA genes

[20]

lincRNA-p21

Polyadenylated RNA

Tiling arrays of 400 lincRNAs

[21]

Mistral

RNA-ChIP (no cross-linking)

Tiling arrays of chromosomes 6, 8 and 16

[22]

300 lincRNAs

RIP (no cross-linking)

Tiling arrays of 900 lincRNAs

[23]

1,600 lincRNAs

Polyadenylated RNA

Tiling arrays of 350 K4-K36 domains

[24]

ANCR

Polyadenylated RNA

RNA-seq

[25]

BANCR

Polyadenylated RNA

RNA-seq

[26]

5 lncRNAs

CLIP

RNA-seq

[27]

216 lincRNAs

RIP (no cross-linking)

RNA-seq

[28]

RIP (UV cross-linking)

Validation with RT-PCR

>8,000 lncRNAs

Polyadenylated RNA

Analysis of existing RNA-seq data

[29]

  1. * LncRNAs are categorized based on the methods of their discovery: gene-specific approaches (RT-PCR and Northern blotting), microarrays, tiling arrays and RNA-seq.