Modified telomeric repeat amplification protocol: A quantitative radioactive assay for telomerase without using electrophoresis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-88

  Szatmari, Istvan ^a   Tokés, Szilvia ^a   Dunn, Christopher B ^b   Bardos, Thomas J ^c   Aradi, Janos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b OmniPharm Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

PCR; Telomerase; Telomerase inhibitor; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RADIOACTIVITY;

AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOLS; BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE ACTIVITY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FILTRATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034659882     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4589     Document Type: Article

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