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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Improved long-transcript representation in Oxford Nanopore direct RNA sequencing with UltraMarathonRT.

George Maio, Li-Tao Guo, Sara Olson, Brenton R Graveley, Jason G Underwood

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

George MaioRNAConnect, Inc., Branford, Connecticut 06405 USA.
Li-Tao GuoRNAConnect, Inc., Branford, Connecticut 06405 USA.
Sara OlsonDepartment of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Institute for Systems Genomics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut 06030 USA.
Brenton R GraveleyDepartment of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Institute for Systems Genomics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut 06030 USA.
Jason G UnderwoodRNAConnect, Inc., Branford, Connecticut 06405 USA.

Funding

High-throughput detection of transcriptomic and epitranscriptomic variation and kinetics using MarathonRTR01HG011868 · NHGRI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GRAVELEY, BRENTON R., PYLE, ANNA MARIE · 2021 to 2024
$3.9M
Develop, Optimize and Commercialize UltraMarathonRT: A new enzyme for unbiased transcriptomic and epitranscriptomic characterization of RNAs regardless of length or composition.R44GM153078 · NIGMS · RNACONNECT INC · PI GUO, LI-TAO · 2024 to 2025
$2.5M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG011868NIGMS NIH HHS R44 GM153078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While most RNA-seq methods sequence amplified cDNA molecules, the advent of direct RNA sequencing (DRS) empowered the scientific community to read native RNA. This technology unlocked characterization of natural RNA modifications and long RNA isoforms without the inherent biases of PCR amplification. In the library preparation prior to Oxford Nanopore (ONT) sequencing, polyadenylated RNAs are copied by a reverse transcriptase (RT) to generate an RNA-cDNA hybrid. The step aims to eliminate the secondary and tertiary structure inherent to most RNA sequences prior to presentation of the RNA strand to the pore for sequencing. The current recommended protocol for DRS utilizes Induro

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