A fluorescence-based assay to monitor transcriptional activity of NFAT in living cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3211-3216

  Rinne, Andreas ^a   Blatter, Lothar A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; CALCIUM; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956289655     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192419     Document Type: Article

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