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Robust 3D DNA FISH Using Directly Labeled Probes
Published on: August 15, 2013
Design, Labeling, and Application of Probes for RNA smFISH
Ewa Piskadlo1, Bastian Th Eichenberger1,2, Luca Giorgetti1
1Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Visualization of single mRNA molecules in fixed cells can be achieved using single molecule fluorescent in situ hybridization (smFISH). This approach enables accurate quantification of mRNA numbers and localization at a single-cell level. To ensure reliable results using smFISH, it is critical to use fluorescent probes that are highly specific to their RNA target. To facilitate probe design, we have created anglerFISH, a user-friendly command-line based pipeline. In this chapter, we present how to perform a smFISH experiment using user-designed and labeled probes.
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