Selective differential fingerprinting. A method for identifying differentially expressed genes in a family between two samples.
A method termed selective differential fingerprinting (SDF) has been developed that enables one to investigate the level of expression for a family of genes between two samples. SDF produces a fingerprint (on a sequencing gel) on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of a sample with degenerate primers designed from conserved regions of a family of genes. By comparing fingerprints obtained after SDF with primers representing the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) family of growth factors between a low-grade and a high-grade tumor from the same patient, a TGF beta family member known as osteogenic protein 1 (OP-1) or bone morphogenic protein 7 (BMP-7) was found to be greatly overexpressed in the high-grade tumor compared to the low-grade one. SDF also has the potential to identify novel genes. SDF offers a general way to identify differentially expressed genes for a family between two given samples.
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Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D005810:Multigene Family; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics
C525819:BMP7 protein, human; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta