Characterization of cis-regulatory elements and transcription factor binding: Gel mobility shift assay

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 366, Issue , 2007, Pages 183-201

  Lin, Jim Jung Ching ^a   Grosskurth, Shaun E ^a   Harlan, Shannon M ^a   Gustafson Wagner, Elisabeth A ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

A T rich region; Antibody supershift assay; Cardiac troponin T promoter; Cardiac specific trans acting factor; D module; F module; Gel mobility shift assay (GMSA); Gel retardation assay; Gel shift competition assay; MEF2 like motif; TCTG(G C) direct repeat

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STOMACH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 34447261176     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-030-8:183     Document Type: Article

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