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RNA microarray for estimating relative abundance of 16S rRNA in microbial communities.

Hoshino T, Furukawa K, Tsuneda S, Inamori Y

Department of Chemical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan. hoshino@microbial-ecology.net

We developed an RNA microarray protocol in which total RNA from a microbial community was attached to a slide glass, and rRNA was detected by fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes. The RNA microarray requires only 4 h for hybridization and enables double staining and estimating relative abundance of rRNA.

Published 16 April 2007 in J Microbiol Methods, 69(2): 406-10.
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