A genetic reporter system to gauge cell proliferation rate

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2003-2010

  Peacock, Ryan W S ^a   Wang, Clifford L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; E2F; Genetic reporter; Proliferation rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT; E2F; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAUGE CELL; GENETIC REPORTER; GENETIC SCREENS; HALF LIVES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PROLIFERATION RATE; REPORTER GENE; REPORTER SYSTEMS;

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION RATE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REPORTER SYSTEM; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEK293 CELLS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79960454098     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23163     Document Type: Article

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