Quantitative analysis of gene expression in a single cell by qPCR

Nat Methods. 2009 Jul;6(7):503-6. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1338. Epub 2009 Jun 14.

Abstract

We developed a quantitative PCR method featuring a reusable single-cell cDNA library immobilized on beads for measuring the expression of multiple genes in a single cell. We used this method to analyze multiple cDNA targets (from several copies to several hundred thousand copies) with an experimental error of 15.9% or less. This method is sufficiently accurate to investigate the heterogeneity of single cells.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • Gene Expression*
  • Gene Library
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / statistics & numerical data
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • RNA, Messenger