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. 1995 Aug 11;23(15):2954–2958. doi: 10.1093/nar/23.15.2954

Identification of differentially expressed genes by restriction endonuclease-based gene expression fingerprinting.

N B Ivanova 1, A V Belyavsky 1
PMCID: PMC307135  PMID: 7659517

Abstract

A novel method for identification of differentially expressed genes has been developed. It is based on the consecutive restriction digestions of 3' terminal cDNA fragments to produce a fingerprint of gene expression. cDNA molecules are synthesized using a biotinylated oligo(dT) primer, digested with a frequently cutting restriction endonuclease and the 3'-terminal restriction fragments are isolated using streptavidin microbeads. After amplification by PCR, cDNA fragments are immobilized again on streptavidin beads, radiolabeled and treated sequentially with a set of restriction endonucleases. The products of individual enzymatic reactions from two or more different RNA populations are resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and compared to reveal differentially expressed genes. This strategy enabled us to identify and clone the fragments of five genes expressed differentially in murine thymus and spleen. One of the genes was found to encode terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; others are apparently previously unknown genes.

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