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Oligonucleotides provide a means to differentiate between closely related mRNAs. Here in situ hybridization is performed using oligonucleotide probes to determine the subcellular distribution of two differential splicing products of a single gene. It is demonstrated here that the subcellular distributions of PLP and DM-20 messages in Oligodendrocytes are quite different, despite being transcripts of a single gene.
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McEwan, N.R. Comparison of the Subcellular Distribution of the Messages Encoding PLP and DM-20. Biochem Genet 35, 51–58 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022260513532
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