Factors modulating expression of Renilla luciferase from control plasmids used in luciferase reporter gene assays

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Shifera, Amde Selassie ^a   Hardin, John A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

RENILLA LUCIFERASE; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS;

CHEMISTRY;

15 DEOXY DELTA12,14 PROSTAGLANDIN J2; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANDROGEN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CALCITRIOL; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEXAMETHASONE; E1A PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HYDROLASE; LUCIFERASE; METRIBOLONE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; RAS PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TAX PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; WT1 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CORAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RENILLA; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

RENILLA LUCIFERASE;

EID: 70449699603     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.09.043     Document Type: Review

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