title: Multicolor PRINS and multicolor PNA.
abstract: Both PRimed IN Situ (PRINS) and Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) technologies have emerged as research techniques, but they have quickly evolved to applications in biological diagnosis assays. The two procedures now constitute efficient alternatives to the conventional fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) procedure for in situ chromosome identification and aneuploidy detection. They present several advantages (specificity, speed, discriminating ability) that make them very attractive for a number of cytogenetic purposes. Multicolor PRINS and PNA protocols have been described for the specific identification of human chromosomes. Various applications have already been developed in human genetics and new adaptations are ongoing.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UPR 1142, Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier, France. Franck.Pellestor@igh.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pellestor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paulasova
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andréo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lefort
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamamah
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D020223:Chromosome Painting / Q000379:methods; D002877:Chromosomes, Human; D003116:Color; D017931:DNA Primers; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D020135:Peptide Nucleic Acids / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D020135:Peptide Nucleic Acids