Using Methylation-Specific PCR to Study RB1 Promoter Hypermethylation.

Methods Mol Biol

Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Published: January 2019

It has increasingly been considered crucial the understanding of DNA methylation of Tumor Suppressor Gene (TSG) promoters, such as that of retinoblastoma 1 gene (RB1), and its role during carcinogenesis. We present a detailed and optimized protocol of the methylation-specific PCR (MSP) technique to study RB1 gene promoter hypermethylation.

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