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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
In order to study which hemopoietic precursor cells express the hybrid BCR/ABL fusion mRNA we have developed a technique based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the examination of single hemopoietic colonies grown on semi-solid agar. The technique was developed by examining single CFU-GM colonies grown from newly diagnosed patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). RNA was isolated from individual 14 day colonies and reverse transcribed to a complementary DNA (cDNA) copy which formed the substrate for a PCR. We have studied 3 cases of CML using this method and have found that 5 out of 5, 9 out of 10 and 20 out of 23 colonies examined were positive. Thus we describe a simple and useful technique for the study of gene expression in a limited number of hemopoietic precursor cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0301-472X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1142-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of the hybrid BCR/ABL messenger RNA in single CFU-GM colonies using the polymerase chain reaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Leukaemia Research Fund Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't