Genomic imprinting : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ward, Andrew, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2002]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 181.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Generation of monoparental embryos for investigation into genomic imprinting
  • Deriving and propagating mouse embryonic stem cell lines for studing genomic imprinting
  • Balanced translocation for the analysis of imprinted regions of the mouse genome
  • Production of YAC transgenic mice by pronuclear injection
  • A transgenic approach to studying imprinted genes : modified BACs and PACs
  • Methylation-sensitive genome scanning
  • Subtraction-hybridization method for the identification of imprinted genes
  • Identification of imprinted loci by methylation : use of methylation-sensitive representational difference analysis (Me-RDA)
  • Ribonuclease protection
  • Quantitative RT-PCR-based analysis of allele-specific gene expression
  • Allele-specific in situ hybridization (ASISH)
  • RNA-FISH to analyze allele-specific expression
  • Flow cytometry and FISH to investigate allele-specific replication timing and homologous association of imprinted chromosomes
  • Southern analysis using methyl-sensitive restriction enzymes
  • A PCR-based method for studing DNA methylation
  • Bisulfite-based methylation analysis of imprinted genes
  • Direct analysis of chromosome methylation
  • In vitro methylation of predetermined regions in recombinant DNA constructs by excision and religation
  • Detection of methyl-sensitive DNA-binding proteins with possible involvement in the imprinting phenomenon
  • Probing chromatin, structure with nuclease sensitivity assays
  • Examining histone acetylation at specific genomic regions
  • Purification of the MeCP2/histone deacetylase complex from Xenopul laevis
  • Reconstitiution of chromatin in vitro
  • Genomic imprinting in plants.