Multiple isoform recovery (MIR)-PCR: a simple method for the isolation of related mRNA isoforms.

Abstract:

We present a rapid and efficient method for the detection of related transcripts with different expression levels. This approach combines the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method with a cDNA subtractive technique. The strategy is based on successive subtractions of prevalent isoforms resulting in enrichment of less expressed transcripts. For each subtraction, a biotinylated primer specific for the prevalent isoform is hybridized on the total cDNA and the hybrid is retained on a streptavidin affinity column. The unbound cDNA serves as a template for subsequent isoform identification. To illustrate its application we describe the isolation of three new actin cDNA isoforms in the freshwater planarian Dugesia (S) polychroa.

Nucleic Acids Research.1998:26(8):2031

Institute of Comparative Anatomy, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

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