Short oligo probes for Northerns ??

[Patrick HJ Falckh]

'lo molbolians,

I was wondering if anyone has had experience in using short oligos 
(20-25 base) to probe Northerns.  I've only previously used 250-500 
base probes and was wondering if the shorter probes would function 
adequately.

I'm considering using end-labelled PCR primers (20-25 bases) to do the 
probing , which are degenerates for a class of enzymes; but would it 
work.

Your input, and experience, would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

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