Sensitive and specific method for detecting G protein-coupled receptor mRNAs

  • Arne Hansen
  • , Yidong Chen
  • , Jason M. Inman
  • , Quang N. Phan
  • , Zhi Qing Qi
  • , Charlie C. Xiang
  • , Miklos Palkovits
  • , Natasha Cherman
  • , Sergei A. Kuznetsov
  • , Pamela G. Robey
  • , Eva Mezey
  • , Michael J. Brownstein

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Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate effects of extracellular signaling molecules in all the body's cells. These receptors are encoded by scarce mRNAs; therefore, detecting their transcripts with conventional microarrays is difficult. We present a method based on multiplex PCR and array detection of amplicons to assay GPCR gene expression with as little as 1 μg of total RNA, and using it, we profiled three human bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) lines.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)35-37
Number of pages3
JournalNature Methods
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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