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. 1998 Aug 1;26(15):3616–3618. doi: 10.1093/nar/26.15.3616

Discovery of estrogen-responsive genes using an improved method which combines subtractive hybridization and PCR.

W Liu 1, W Su 1, T M Roberts 1
PMCID: PMC147722  PMID: 9671829

Abstract

Here we describe a reliable method for isolating genes that are differentially expressed in two cell populations. The method is a combination of subtractive hybridization and PCR. Among many improvements to previously described methods is the incorporation of a new technology into the procedure which sterilizes(inactivates) PCR amplicons, and thereby overcomes the limitation of similar procedures. To test this improved method, we conducted a search for estrogen-responsive genes. Estrogen-regulated genes dominated the subtracted libraries after four rounds of subtractive hybridizations. Four estrogen-regulated genes were identified from the initial screening.

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