Examination of DNA-binding activity of neuronal transcription factors by electrophoretical mobility shift assay

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-249

  Kako, Koichiro ^a   Wakamatsu, Hisanori ^a   Hamada, Toshiyuki ^a   Banasik, Marek ^a   Ohata, Keiko ^a   Niki Kuroiwa, Tomoko ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^a   Takeuchi, Jun ichi ^b   Ishida, Norio ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophoretical mobility shift assay; Nuclear extract; Supershift assay; Synthetic oligonucleotide

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA PROBE; ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SECOND MESSENGER; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031777265     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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