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In Situ Hybridization for the Precise Localization of Transcripts in Plants
Published on: November 23, 2011
An RNA in situ hybridization protocol optimized for monocot tissue
Nora R Zöllner1, Margaret Bezrutczyk1, Reinout Laureyns2,3
1Institute for Molecular Physiology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
Abstract:
RNA in situ hybridization can be time-consuming and difficult to troubleshoot. Here, we provide an optimized protocol for maize leaf tissue, though it can be applied to other plant tissues such as shoot apical meristems, embryos, and floral organs. We generate three >100 bp unique antisense probes for each gene of interest and hybridize them to tissue sections. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Bezrutczyk et al. (2021).
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