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Table 1 Overview of the protocols used in this study

From: Systematic comparison of small RNA library preparation protocols for next-generation sequencing

kit used

protocol

modifications

Illumina TruSeq

TS1

none: standard conditions

TS2

HD adapters used instead of Illumina adapters

TS3

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n in the presence of PEG

TS4

HD adapters used instead of Illumina adapters

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n in the presence of PEG

TS5

HD adapters used instead of Illumina adapters

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n in the presence of PEG

purification step after 3′ adapter ligation

TS6

MRL adapters used instead of Illumina adapters

TS7

MRL adapters used instead of Illumina adapters

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n in the presence of PEG

purification step after 3′ adapter ligation

BIOO Scientific NEXTflex V2

Nf1

none: standard conditions

Nf2

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n

Nf3

Illumina adapters instead of BIOO Scientific (HD) adapters

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n

Nf4

no PEG in the ligation reactions

Nf5

MRL adapters used instead of BIOO Scientific adapters

no PEG in the ligation reactions

Nf6

MRL adapters used instead of BIOO Scientific adapters

3′ adapter ligation 16 °C o/n

New England Biolabs NEBNext

NN

none: standard conditions

Clontech SMARTer

S

none: standard conditions

Diagenode CATS kit

C

none: standard conditions

  1. The Illumina TruSeq (‘TS’), BIOO Scientific NEXTflex V2 (‘Nf’) or Clontech SMARTer (‘S’) kits were used following their respective standard protocols or variants thereof. The different variants of the protocols are distinguished by numbers and their respective modifications are indicated