Abstract:
:Knockout mice are widely used in all fields of biomedical research. Determining the genotype of every newborn mouse is a tedious task, usually performed by Southern blot hybridization or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). We describe here a quick and simple genotype identification assay based on real-time PCR and SYBR Green I dye, without using fluorescent primers. The discrimination between the wild type and targeted alleles is based on a PCR design that leads to a different melting temperature for each product. The identification of the genotype is obvious immediately after amplification, and no post-PCR manipulations are needed, reducing cost and time. Therefore, while the real-time PCR amplification increases the sensitivity, the fact that the reactions tubes are never opened after amplification, reduces the risk of contamination and eliminates errors, which are common during the repeated handling of dozens of samples from the same mouse line. The protocol we provide was tested on Math1 knockout mice, but is general, and may be utilized for any knockout line and real-time thermocycler, without any further modification, accessories or special reagents.
journal_name
J Neurosci Methodsjournal_title
Journal of neuroscience methodsauthors
Krizhanovsky V,Golenser E,Ben-Arie Ndoi
10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.01.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-07-30 00:00:00pages
187-92issue
2eissn
0165-0270issn
1872-678Xpii
S0165027004000287journal_volume
136pub_type
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