Using molecular beacons to study dispersal of mRNPs from the gene locus

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 464, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-103

  Van Den Bogaard, Patrick T C ^a   Tyagi, Sanjay ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Live cell imaging; Molecular beacons; mRNA transport; Nuclear viscosity; Single particle tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349129845     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-461-6_6     Document Type: Article

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