methylated RNA Immunoprecipitation, meRIP
RNA modification has been regarded as just a chemical fine-tuning of RNA in nucleic acid structure. With the development of cutting-edge research technology and the emergence of related antibodies, it has been found that RNA modification is widely present at the transcriptome level and is a reversible dynamic regulatory state, participating in multiple biological processes, including cell differentiation, sex determination, tumor occurrence and metastasis, DNA damage repair, and other biological functions.
Due to methylation modification accounting for over 60% of all RNA modifications, N6 methyladenine (m6A), as the most common post transcriptional modification, accounts for over 80% of RNA methylation.
Common 5 types of RNA methylation modifications (m6A, m6Am, m5C, m1A, m7G)