mRNA regulation by poly(A) tail length variations plays an important role in many developmental processes. Recent advances have shown that, in particular, deadenylation (the shortening of mRNA poly (A) tails) is essential for germ-line stem cell biology in the Drosophila ovary. Therefore, a rapid and accurate method to analyze poly(A) tail lengths of specific mRNAs in this tissue is valuable. Several methods of poly (A) test (PAT) assays have been reported to measure mRNA poly(A) tail lengths in vivo. Here, we describe two of these methods (PATand ePAT) that we have adapted for Drosophila ovarian germcells and germ-line stem cells.
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Chartier, A., Joly, W., & Simonelig, M. (2017). Measurement of mRNA poly(A) tail lengths in drosophila female germ cells and germ-line stem cells. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1463, pp. 93–102). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-4017-2_7
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