Reporter gene expression at single-cell level characterized with real-time RT-PCR, chemiluminescence, fluorescence, and electrochemical imaging

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4000-4008

  Shiku, Hitoshi ^a   Okazaki, Daisuke ^a   Suzuki, Junya ^a   Takahashi, Yasufumi ^a   Murata, Tatsuya ^a   Akita, Hidetaka ^b   Harashima, Hideyoshi ^b   Ino, Kosuke ^a   Matsue, Tomokazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Reporter assay; Single cell analysis; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77956893951     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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