DETECTION OF MESSENGER-RNA AND LOW-ABUNDANCE HETERONUCLEAR RNA WITH SINGLE-STRANDED-DNA PROBES PRODUCED BY AMPLIFIED PRIMER EXTENSION LABELING

作者：BROOKS PJ; KAPLITT MG; KLEOPOULOS SP; FUNABASHI T; MOBBS CV; PFAFF DW

来源：Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 1993, 41(12): 1761-1766.

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We describe a procedure for detection of low-abundance cellular RNAs by in situ hybridization histochemistry, using single-stranded DNA probes produced by amplified primer extension labeling with Tag polymerase. We have used this approach to detect a number of high- and low-abundance RNA species and have found it to be a simple and reproducible method of obtaining sensitive probes for in situ hybridization studies. For example, DNA probes generated by amplified primer extension labeling can detect low-abundance heteronuclear RNAs in individual neurons. Since this procedure does not involve recombinant DNA technology or microbiological facilities, it should prove useful to a wide variety of investigators studying the regulation of gene expression at the cellular level.

• 出版日期1993-12