A simple reporter assay for screening claudin-4 modulators

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 426, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 454-460

  Watari, Akihiro ^a   Yagi, Kiyohito ^a   Kondoh, Masuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C CPE; Chemical modulator; Claudin; DMSO; EGF; GAPDH; PCR; PMA; QPCR; Reporter assay; RT PCR; Screening; SDS; SDS PAGE; TER; TGF ; Tight junction; TJs

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALLURA RED AC; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; AMARANTH; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTAME; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; CAROTENE; CARRAGEENAN; CLAUDIN 4; CURCUMIN; GLUCONATE ZINC; LUCIFERASE; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; PLASMID VECTOR; POTASSIUM CARBONATE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; PROPIONIC ACID; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM NITRITE; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTARIC ACID; TARTRAZINE; TIABENDAZOLE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; DRUG SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER ASSAY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLAUDIN-4; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

TETRA;

EID: 84867198701     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.083     Document Type: Article

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