Abstract
Over the years, in situ hybridization has been used for visualizing spatial gene expression patterns. Direct comparison of the expression patterns of different genes is useful for studying various biological activities in many situations. If we can distinguish signals derived from different probes in the same hybridization reaction, the localization of multiple gene transcripts can be detected simultaneously. In this chapter, we describe a two-color in situ hybridization procedure, which enables us to compare the expression patterns of two genes in a single tissue section. First, we explain how to prepare RNA probes and tissue samples. Then, we explain how to perform an in situ experiment, including pre-hybridization, hybridization, post-hybridization, and detection steps. A stepwise detection procedure is used to obtain the two color signals.
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We thank Dr. Wakana Tanaka for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (25113008).
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Toriba, T., Hirano, HY. (2018). Two-Color In Situ Hybridization: A Technique for Simultaneous Detection of Transcripts from Different Loci. In: Yamaguchi, N. (eds) Plant Transcription Factors. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1830. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8657-6_16
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