title: [The methods of identifying differences in mRNA expression].
abstract: Identifying changes in gene expression is of prime interest in molecular biology. A variety of methods have been developed for analyzing differentially expressed genes. Among these techniques, differential display reverse transcription PCR (DDRT-PCR), representational difference analysis (RDA) and suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), which were based on differentially screening and subtractive hybridization technology, are applied most widely. Gene chips (gene microarrays) for analyzing gene expression patterns on larger-scale had also been developed. Here we present a review of these methods.
authors.affiliation: Life Science and Technology Institute of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiao-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Wen-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qi-Feng
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger