SuperSAGE: Powerful Serial Analysis of Gene Expression -- Northern Blot Analysis for Expression Profiling of mRNAs and Small RNAs -- Construction of RNA-Seq Libraries from Large and Microscopic Tissues for the Illumina Sequencing Platform -- Strand-Specific RNA-Seq Applied to Malaria Samples -- RNA In Situ Hybridization in Arabidopsis -- Laser Microdissection of Cells and Isolation of High-Quality RNA After Cryosectioning -- Detection and Quantification of Alternative Splicing Variants Using RNA-Seq -- Separating and Analyzing Sulfur-Containing RNAs with Organomercury Gels -- RNAse Mapping and Quantitation of RNA Isoforms -- Detection and Quantification of Viral and Satellite RNAs in Plant Hosts -- In Situ Detection of Mature miRNAs in Plants Using LNA-Modified DNA Probes -- Small RNA Isolation and Library Construction for Expression Profiling of Small RNAs from Neurospora and Fusarium Using Illumina High Throughput Deep Sequencing -- Isolation and Profiling of Protein-Associated Small RNAs -- New Virus Discovery by Deep Sequencing of Small RNAs -- Global Assembly of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) -- Computational Analysis of RNA-Seq -- Identification of MicroRNAs and Natural Antisense Transcript-Originated Endogenous siRNAs from Small-RNA Deep Sequencing Data.

RNA abundance analysis is one of the most important approaches for gene expression studies in the field of molecular biology. In RNA Abundance Analysis: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers cover a wide range of techniques on RNA extraction, detection, quantification, visualization, and genome-wide profiling, from conventional methods to state-of-the-art high throughput approaches.  This volume includes detailed techniques to examine mRNAs, small non-coding RNAs, protein-associated small RNAs, sulfur-containing RNAs, viral and satellite RNAs, RNA isoforms, and alternatively spliced RNA variants from various organisms, as well as key discussions of computational data processing for genome-wide datasets.  Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.   Essential and easy to use, RNA Abundance Analysis: Methods and Protocols provides a comprehensive set of techniques and methods on isolating and analyzing mRNAs, small RNAs, and modified RNAs, which can assist you in your gene expression studies.