Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bionet!rutgers!mcnc!uvaarpa!murdoch!krebs.acc.Virginia.EDU!mkw6d From: mkw6d@krebs.acc.Virginia.EDU (Martyn K. White) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Subject: Re: Oligonucleotide probing Message-ID: <1990Oct29.213000.24915@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 29 Oct 90 21:30:00 GMT References: <90298.171656LAFLAMME@MAINE.BITNET> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 13 Ireallyam: mkw6d In article <90298.171656LAFLAMME@MAINE.BITNET> LAFLAMME@MAINE.BITNET writes: >Does anyone out there in netland have any experience in the use of >oligonucleotide probes to screen total DNA in northern or slot-blots? >I have been using 20 mers to pick out individual members of a family >of plant genes. It seems that the method is not sensitive enough to (stuff deleted) Have you thought of PCR. Martyn K. White, Box 441, U.Va, Cville VA 22908 (804) 924 8710 mkw6d@krebs.acc.Virginia.EDU mkw6d@Virginia.EDU