Abstract
Telomere is a structure of the end cap of chromosomes. Telomere gets shorter as cell aging and progressing cell division. Shorter telomere may cause telomere fusion, thus inducing genomic instability. Telomere dysfunction can be visualized by PNA FISH probe against telomere repeat sequence (TTAGGG)n. PNA probes have higher hybridization affinity than DNA probes. The traditional FISH or modified FISH protocol can stain telomere relatively easier than whole-chromosome painting probes. This chapter introduces PNA telomere FISH protocol to visualize telomere signals on metaphase chromosomes.
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Kato, T.A. (2023). Telomere Aberration Detection by PNA FISH Probe. In: Gotoh, E. (eds) Chromosome Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2519. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2433-3_12
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