Third-strand in situ hybridization (TISH) to non-denatured metaphase spreads and interphase nuclei

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作者
Johnson, MD [1 ]
Fresco, JR [1 ]
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[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Mol Biol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
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10.1007/s004120050367
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A methodology has been developed for binding oligodeoxyribonucleotide 'third strands' to duplex DNA targets in fixed but not additionally denatured metaphase spreads and interphase nuclei under conditions found to be optimal in solution. Third-strand in situ hybridization (TISH) at pH 6.0 of a psoralen- and biotin-modified 16-nucleotide homopyrimidine third strand to a unique multicopy target sequence in human chromosome 17 alpha-satellite (D17Z1 locus) is described. UVA-photofixed third strands, rendered fluorescent by fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled avidin, are reproducibly centromere-specific for chromosome 17, and visible without amplification of the signal in lymphocyte and somatic cell hybrid spreads and interphase nuclei. Two third-strand-specific D17Z1 haplotypes were identified. TISH has potential diagnostic, biochemical, and flow cytometric applicability to native metaphase and interphase chromatin.
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