probes

[Andy Phillips]

Albrecht, H. wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> When using small fragments as probes (e.g. <250 bp) what  radiolabeling
> procedure do you recommend  in order to get a reliable and good signal on
> filters? Currently I am using the random priming procedure.
> Thanks for replying to: albrecht at vegmail.ucdavis.edu

I'd probably use nick translation or riboprobes (for cloned fragments) for such small 
probes. Random priming will give you a spread of sizes from very small up to 250, 
with a average of about 100 bp. Yuo might find that the large proportion of small 
probe fragments gives you a problem with noise/specificity.

Andy

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