LZ
Lei Zhang
  • Washington State University
Research fields
  • Plant science
In situ Hybridization (ISH) in Preparasitic and Parasitic Stages of the Plant-parasitic Nematode Meloidogyne spp.
The spatio-temporal expression pattern of a gene provides important indications to better understand its biological function. In situ hybridization (ISH) uses a labeled complementary single-stranded RNA or DNA probe to localize gene transcripts in a whole organism, a whole organ or a section of tissue. We adapted the ISH technique to the plant parasite Meloidogyne spp. (root-knot nematode) to visualize RNAs both in free-living preparasitic juveniles and in parasitic stages settled in the plant tissues. We describe each step of the probe synthesis, digoxigenin (DIG) labeling, nematode extraction from plant tissue, and ISH procedure.
Formaldehyde for fixing nematodes
[Feedback 1] Since the formaldehyde recommended in the protocol has been discontinued by Sigma, I tried a similar product from sigma: 37% formaldehyde solution (Sigma: 252549), and it worked well for the in situ hybridization.
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