Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy reveal the cytoplasmic origination of loaded nuclear RISC in vivo in human cells

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6439-6449

  Ohrt, Thomas ^a   Mütze, Jörg ^a   Staroske, Wolfgang ^a   Weinmann, Lasse ^b   Höck, Julia ^b   Crell, Karin ^a   Meister, Gunter ^b   Schwille, Petra ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE CROSS CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; HUMANS; RNA, GUIDE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 56649122127     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn693     Document Type: Article

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