Live Cell Imaging of Argonaute Proteins in Mammalian Cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 725, Issue , 2011, Pages 161-172

  Pare, Justin M ^b   Lopez Orozco, Joaquin ^b   Hobman, Tom C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Argonaute; Confocal microscopy; Live cell imaging; Processing bodies; Stress granules

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; EIF2C2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INITIATION FACTOR 2; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ARSENITES; CELL LINE; DNA DAMAGE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TERATOGENS; TRANSFECTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80051564261     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-046-1_11     Document Type: Chapter

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