Abstract
Differential gene expression contributes to cell differentiation and underlies plant responses to hormonal and environmental factors. Most methods available to identify differentially expressed genes in plants are biased towards moderately or strongly expressed genes. RNA arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (RAP-PCR) produces populations of amplicons from reverse transcribed RNA in a process similar to differential display, but with a higher degree of reproducibility and sensitivity, thus enabling the identification of low abundance mRNA. A detailed RAP-PCR protocol allowing the rapid identification of differentially expressed genes in scarce plant cells, such as stomatal guard cells, is presented here. In addition, a fast and reliable method for the semi-quantitative confirmation of gene expression patterns is described.
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Abbreviations
- DDRT-PCR:
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mRNA differential display RT-PCR
- RAP-PCR:
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RNA arbitrarily primed PCR
- RT-PCR:
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reverse transcription PCR
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Menke, U., Mueller-Roeber, B. RNA fingerprinting of specific plant cell types: Adaptation to plants and optimization of RNA arbitrarily primed PCR (RAP-PCR). Plant Mol Biol Rep 19, 33–48 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02824076
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