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Use of a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay to analyze allele-specific expression in individual hippocampal neurons.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Feb 1998
Shen S I, Gao C, Singer-Sam J
Abstract excerpt
We report here a single-cell RT-PCR assay for allele-specific gene expression that can be used to probe for somatic variability within the CNS. Such variability, arising from epigenetic (nonmutational) events or somatic mutation early in development, may give clues as to clonal origin and may also affect the inheritance pattern of some CNS disorders. As a model system, we used reciprocal F1 hybrids of the cross...
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