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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:18Preparation of Cells and Treatment with Translation Inhibitors
- 02:29Digitonin Extraction and Cell Fixation
- 04:47Fluorescent In situ Hybridization
- 06:21Washing and Mounting the Stained Samples
- 08:08Placental Alkaline Phosphatase and Cytochrome P450-8B1 mRNA ER-association
- 09:50Conclusion
Here we describe a method to visualize endoplasmic reticulum-associated mRNAs in mammalian tissue culture cells. This technique involves the selective permeabilization of the plasma membrane with digitonin to remove cytoplasmic contents followed by fluorescent in situ hybridization to detect either bulk poly(A) mRNA or specific transcripts.
