Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Addiction biology
10 (2005), S. 0
ISSN:
1369-1600
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
A variety of analytical methodologies to investigate gene expression patterns in cells or tissues have been developed. For screening purposes, a large number of target mRNAs have to be interrogated simultaneously. These requirements have been met more or less comprehensively by Differential Display (DD) RT-PCR, Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH), Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE), and DNA chips. The ultimate goal to cover any gene transcript potentially expressed by a given cell is on the way to be achieved by microbead arrays and by Affymetrix gene chips. Once targets of interest are identified, techniques employing low degrees of multiplexing, such as RNAse protection assays or some bead-based techniques (Luminex) eventually provide extremely fast results on the diagnostic level. With the aid of powerful computer programs, expression profiling technologies have opened intriguing new insights into the complex world of gene regulation. These new techniques have also been applied in drug abuse research recently and some examples of such approaches are described.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13556210412331327812
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