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A genomic integration method to visualize localization of endogenous mRNAs in living yeast

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mRNA localization may be an important determinant for protein localization. We describe a simple PCR-based genomic-tagging strategy (m-TAG) that uses homologous recombination to insert binding sites for the RNA-binding MS2 coat protein (MS2-CP) between the coding region and 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of any yeast gene. Upon coexpression of MS2-CP fused with GFP, we demonstrate the localization of endogenous mRNAs (ASH1, SRO7, PEX3 and OXA1) in living yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).

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Figure 1: A schematic representation of the MS2 loop genomic-tagging strategy (m-TAG).
Figure 2: Visualization of endogenous ASH1 mRNA localization in vivo.
Figure 3: Visualization of other endogenous yeast mRNAs in vivo.

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Acknowledgements

We thank K. Bloom, P. Brennwald, J. Brickner, M. Longtine, S. Michaelis, R. Singer and D. Stillman for the generous gifts of reagents; A. Cohen and I. Goldshtein for technical assistance. This work was generously supported by a grant from the Kahn Fund for Systems Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science. J.E.G. holds the Henry Kaplan Chair in Cancer Research.

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    Liora Haim, Gadi Zipor, Stella Aronov & Jeffrey E Gerst

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Experimental design was by L.H., S.A. and J.E.G.; reagent preparation by L.H. and G.Z.; data collection, analysis, figure preparation and text by L.H. and J.E.G.

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Supplementary Fig. 1

PCR analysis and detection of MS2 loop integration and marker excision. (PDF 83 kb)

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Sro7 is functional in SRO7::loxP::MS2L::SRO73′-UTR cells. (PDF 157 kb)

Supplementary Table 1

Oligonucleotides used in this study. (PDF 12 kb)

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Yeast strains used in this study. (PDF 46 kb)

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Haim, L., Zipor, G., Aronov, S. et al. A genomic integration method to visualize localization of endogenous mRNAs in living yeast. Nat Methods 4, 409–412 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1040

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