A GFP-based reporter system to monitor nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Paillusson, Alexandra ^a   Hirschi, Nadine ^a   Vallan, Claudio ^a   Azzalin, Claus M ^b   Mühlemann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; RENT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEADY STATE; STOP CODON; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 28644444870     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni052     Document Type: Article

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