Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29130194›Full record

ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2018

Single mRNA Molecule Detection in Drosophila.

Shawn C Little, Thomas Gregor

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shawn C LittleDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 1112 Biomedical Research Bldg. II/III, 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. shlittle@mail.med.upenn.edu.
Thomas GregorDepartment of Physics, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Funding

The Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Reliability in DevelopmentR01GM097275 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GREGOR, THOMAS · 2011 to 2024
$4.9M
Imaging chromosome dynamics and measuring its impact on transcriptional activityU01DA047730 · NIDA · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GREGOR, THOMAS, LEVINE, MICHAEL STEVEN · 2018 to 2019
$740k
NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA047730NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single molecule fluorescent in situ hybridization (smFISH) enables quantitative measurements of gene expression and mRNA localization. The technique is increasingly popular for analysis of cultured cells but is not widely applied to intact organisms. Here, we describe a method for labeling and detection of single mRNA molecules in whole embryos of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. This method permits measurements of gene expression in absolute units, enabling new studies of transcriptional mechanisms underlying precision and reproducibility in cell specification.

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AnimalsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDrosophila melanogasterEmbryo, NonmammalianFluorescent DyesFormaldehydeIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMicroscopy, ConfocalOligonucleotide ProbesPolymersRNA, MessengerTissue FixationFluorescent DyesFormaldehydeOligonucleotide ProbesparaformPolymersRNA, MessengerDrosophilaFISHFluorescence imagingQuantitationSingle molecule

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PMID29130194
PMCPMC5772605

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