NCIt definition : Variation of the polymerase chain reaction used to identify differentially expressed
genes. mRNA from two different tissue samples is reverse transcribed, then amplified
using short, intentionally nonspecific primers. The array of bands obtained from a
series of such amplifications is run on a high resolution gel, and the array of bands
compared with analogous arrays from different samples. Any bands unique to single
samples are considered to be differentially expressed; they can be purified from the
gel, and sequenced and used to clone the full-length cDNA. Similar in result to subtractive
hybridization. (DCB-CB);