RNA expression analysis

Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation, has announced the release of a new set of genomic analysis tools to aid disease research and agricultural studies. These tools are available through the latest release of the TaqMan Gene Expression Assays product line to evaluate levels of RNA expression in model organisms including cows, chickens, horses, pigs, rabbits and rice. These new pre-designed TaqMan assays will allow researchers to expand their applications of real-time PCR-based gene expression analysis. The assays will enable genomic analysis of both plants for agricultural studies to improve crop yield, and animals for herd management. Also, assays for species such as chickens, rabbits, pigs and cattle will help to advance both animal and human disease research.