In Vitro RISC Cleavage Assay

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 725, Issue , 2011, Pages 77-90

  Stoehr, Julia ^c   Meister, Gunter ^a,b  

^a Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ago2; Argonaute proteins; microRNA; RNA interference; RNAi; Short interfering RNAs; siRNAs; Slicer

Indexed keywords

EIF2C2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INITIATION FACTOR 2; RNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; RNA; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 80051574721     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-046-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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