Monitoring p21 mRNA expression in living cell based on molecular beacon fluorescence increasing rate

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Tang, HongXing ^a   Yang, XiaoHai ^a   Wang, KeMin ^a   Tan, WeiHong ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   He, LiFang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence increasing rate; Living cell imaging; Molecular beacon; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell; p21 mRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049124806     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0511-7     Document Type: Article

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