We present a circular RT-PCR-based strategy by combining circular RT-PCR, quantitative RT-PCR, RNA 5' polyphosphatase-treatment, and Northern blot. This protocol includes a normalization step to minimize the influence of unstable 5' triphosphate, and it is suitable for discriminating and mapping the primary and processed transcripts stably accumulated in maize mitochondrion.
Zhang, Y., Liao, X., Luo, P., Peng, K., Ye, W., Lian, T., Ma, Q., Nian, H. Discrimintion and Mapping of the Primary and Processed Transcripts in Maize Mitochondrion Using a Circular RT-PCR-based Strategy. J. Vis. Exp. (149), e60019, doi:10.3791/60019 (2019).