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Production of Labeled cRNA Probes without Vector Cloning: Application to Localization of Basic Fibroblast Growth
A J Bean1, J F Simons, T Hökfelt
1Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, S-104 01, Sweden; and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
We describe an approach for generating labeled, single-stranded cRNA probes, using the polymerase chain reaction with primers containing RNA polymerase promoter sequences. Transcription reactions using the amplified products and RNA polymerases yield, for the most part, full-length products. cRNA probes for basic fibroblast growth factor and tyrosine hydroxylase which have incorporated (35) S-labeled nucleotides were used successfully for in situ hybridization histochemistry. This method provides a significantly faster, less work-intensive procedure for obtaining labeled single-stranded RNA useful for nucleic acid hybridization studies.
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