A protocol for studying the kinetics of rna within cultured cells: Application to ribosomal rna

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1997-2004

  Thiry, Marc ^a   Lamaye, Frangoise ^a   Thelen, Nicolas ^a   Chatron Colliet, Aurore ^b   Lalun, Nathalie ^b   Bobichon, Helene ^b   Ploton, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 BROMOURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; 5-BROMOURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA AMANITIN; DACTINOMYCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALPHA-AMANITIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DACTINOMYCIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 63349104480     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.198     Document Type: Article

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